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A Widow's Man

1993 · 97 min

A quiet, emotionally charged rural drama about loneliness and desire, unfolding with patient, melancholic intensity.

Directed by
Feng Jiawei
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Tsui Bo-Lun, Lu Yi Chan, Chiang Ching-Hsia
Overview
In the months when she was young and widowed, she ran back to her natal family reluctantly and was ridiculed by her sister-in-law, so she had to return to the house of the widowed king. The old master of the Wang family divided the property early, the sister-in-law divided the land, the second sister-in-law divided the house, and got a few pigs in the month. A Hui, a man in the village, was originally sexually interested in his sister-in-law Yuyan, but after seeing Yueli, Rijiushengqing left Yuyan and flew with Yueli~~~

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Feng Jiawei
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Tsui Bo-Lun, Lu Yi Chan, Chiang Ching-Hsia
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • love
  • isolation
  • betrayal
  • class
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Feng Jiawei
Starring
Tsui Bo-Lun, Lu Yi Chan, Chiang Ching-Hsia, Yu Qian
Runtime
97 min
Languages
Mandarin

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