Movie
Jasmine Women
2004 · 130 min
A lush, sorrowful family saga that drifts through decades of Shanghainese women repeating the same heartbreaks, beautiful to look at and quietly devastating.
- Directed by
- Hou Yong
- Genres
- Drama, Family, Romance
- Starring
- Zhang Ziyi, Joan Chen, Jiang Wen
- Overview
- Zhang Ziyi plays the youngest of three generations of women who leads lives in Shanghai. Joan Chen plays the great-grandmother, grandmother, and mother. The film recounts this family, the mistakes they make, and a cycle that the granddaughter breaks out of.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, dark, earnest and romantic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Family, parenthood, identity, grief
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Hou Yong
- Genres
- Drama, Family, Romance
- Starring
- Zhang Ziyi, Joan Chen, Jiang Wen
