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Raise the Red Lantern (1991)Snagging.org In association with Amazon.co.ukOnline Shop | Property Guides | Kitchen & Home | Garden Tools | Power Tools | Consumer Electronics Get the Snagging Checklist Here!  Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 5024238002419 Format: PAL Label: Electric Pictures Languages: Manufacturer: Electric Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Electric Pictures Running Time: 121 minutes Studio: Electric Pictures Related Items:
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 Rating: - Superb Chinese filmThis must be one of the most refined and elegant Chinese films ever made. A beautiful young woman is pushed into becoming a junior wife of a rich man by her widowed stepmother who can no longer support her and finds that sharing not just a detatched husband but her whole life with her older "sisters" is a microcosm of suspicion and envy. The women in this cloistered world have only their companionship with each other to entertain them but they have beautiful clothes and small luxuries, like foot massage, when they are pregnant. The emotional deprivation becomes too much for one of the wives though with disastrous consequences. What is intriguing about this film is the deft and subtle way that the viewer is enveloped into the world of the women and confronted with the same dilemma as the new bride to work out who are friends and enemies. As the story unfolds, the Hitchcock like terror underpinning their discipline becomes apparent but for one of them it is too late. I would strongly urge anyone to see this film - mostly especially if high quality world cinema is of interest to you.  Try searching the Internet for "Raise the Red Lantern (1991)" or Ebay for "Raise the Red Lantern (1991)". You might also be interested in the following great products:
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