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The Young Mistress' Fan

1939 · 102 min

A restrained, witty melodrama where social manners and quiet emotion carry more weight than dramatic outbursts.

Directed by
Shen Hong, Li Ping-Qian
Starring
Lu Luming, Meiyun Yuan, Mei Xi
Overview
Lady Windermere's Fan, Oscar Wilde's play on moral values, is adapted for a setting in Shanghai. Young wife Meilin mistakenly believes her husband is having an affair with a social butterfly and decides to leave for a suitor. Her reputation, about to be ruined because of a misplaced fan, is saved by the social butterfly who turns out to be …Unlike typical Chinese scripts on parental love, the understated familial love in the original play is aligned with Li's preference for the undramatic. Motherly love is portrayed indirectly while emotions run strong yet subdued in the film. Poking fun at social culture of the times, this is Li's earliest extant feature film in a modern setting and a showcase of his modernistic and crisp directorial approach.

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Directed by
Shen Hong, Li Ping-Qian
Starring
Lu Luming, Meiyun Yuan, Mei Xi
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • identity
  • love
  • family
  • morality
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Directed by
Shen Hong, Li Ping-Qian
Written by
Sun Jing, Shen Hong
Starring
Lu Luming, Meiyun Yuan, Mei Xi, Liu Qiong, Kiang Sieu, Yiu Kwang-Chao, Hong Bai, He Jianfei
Runtime
102 min
Country
China, Hong Kong
Languages
Mandarin

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