When China was still not the China we know today, when the world was still divided into capitalism and socialism / communism, although it had little to live, there was a chinese movie That surprised by its popularity and came to be rented on VHS.
That movie was Dà Hóng Denglong Gaogao GuàRaise the Red Lantern. In Spanish speaking it was known simply as Wives and Concubines. It is a 1991 film directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li, one of the most beautiful Chinese actresses, talented and famous of the XNUMXth century. It was the adaptation of a novel called precisely as in Castilian (Wives and Concubines), by the writer Su Tong.
The history of this great chinese movie tells the sad life of a young woman who in the 20s became one of the concubines of a wealthy man in his fifties. The story takes place before the Chinese Civil War and the girl named Songlian comes from a family that due to a bankruptcy the house with Mr. Chen. Every time the husband decides to visit one of his wives, the servants hang a red lantern lit on the door of their little house, hence the name of the film.
Of course, the coexistence of four women as a function of a single man is not easy and secrets and follies are soon discovered. The truth is that if you did not see Wives and Concubines I recommend that you do it. In another entry of Absolut China we will tell you where this wonderful movie of the Chinese cinema.