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Nineteen-year-old Songlian (Gong Li), an educated woman whose father has recently died and left the family bankrupt, is forced by her stepmother to marry into the wealthy Chen family, becoming the fourth wife or, as she is referred to, the Fourth Mistress (Sì Tàitai) of the household.
A young woman marries into a wealthy family with three concubines and competes for her husband's attention and privileges. She faces betrayal, humiliation, and madness in this tragic drama set in 1920s China.
Jun 29, 2019 · Raise the Red Lantern is the third film of Zhang’s ‘Red Trilogy’. The three films each star actress Gong Li and share common themes: forced marriage, oppression, rebellion crushed, self-destruction and authoritarianism.
Summary of the Film. A nineteen-year-old girl, Songlian, has to drop her education and marry a wealthy man to pay for the debts of her family because of the recent death of her father. She becomes the fourth wife (the Fourth Mistress) in the Chen family and enters the world where loyalty, sexism, and order cannot be ignored.
Apr 27, 2003 · The Chinese film "Raise the Red Lantern" (1991), like the Japanese film "Woman in the Dunes" (1960), is about sexual enslavement. In both films, the protagonist enters a closed system from which there is no escape, and life is ruled by long-established "customs."
Dec 18, 1991 · Raise the Red Lantern: Directed by Yimou Zhang. With Gong Li, Saifei He, Jingwu Ma, Cuifen Cao. China in the 1920s. After her father's death, Songlian is forced to marry the wealthy Master Chen. With three wives already, each living in a separate house, there is fierce competition for his attention and the privileges that are gained.
94% Audience Score 10,000+ Ratings. Teenage Songlian (Gong Li), whose family has been devastated by the recent death of her father, becomes the third concubine of wealthy Master Chen (Ma Jingwu).
