A Chinese missionary comes to England. He helps a young girl ill-treated by her father.
Should you watch this? If you have a thing for black-and-white melodrama that feels like it’s been left in an attic for eighty years, then sure. People who hate slow-burn misery or anyone looking for a brisk, modern pace will probably find this thing a total chore. It’s not exactly a Saturday night popcorn flick, you k...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
John Brahm
Wilfred Lucas
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"Should you watch this? If you have a thing for black-and-white melodrama that feels like it’s been left in an attic for eighty years, then sure. People who hate slow-burn misery or anyone looking for a brisk, modern pace will probably find this thing a total chore. It’s not exactly a Saturday night popcorn flick, you know? There’s this heavy, suffocating atmosphere throughout the whole thing. It doesn’t have the grand, aggressive energy of some other classics, like Traffic in Hearts, which felt..."
Ernest Jay
Thomas Burke, Emlyn Williams
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