Fishing village girl Ling Ling sets off to look for her cousin in Shanghai. She soon finds out that Shanghai is a city full of vice: she is raped, sold into prostitution, and later becomes a socialite who uses her earnings to help others.
Is it worth your time? If you're into early 20th-century cinema or just want to see how Shanghai was portrayed back then, yeah, watch it. If you're looking for something lighthearted or a quick Saturday night popcorn flick, skip this. It's heavy, it's rough, and it doesn't give you any easy outs. Fans of movies like Ne...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Yu Sun
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"Is it worth your time? If you're into early 20th-century cinema or just want to see how Shanghai was portrayed back then, yeah, watch it. If you're looking for something lighthearted or a quick Saturday night popcorn flick, skip this. It's heavy, it's rough, and it doesn't give you any easy outs. Fans of movies like Nell Gwynne might find some familiar themes of women trying to survive in a man's world, though the tone here feels a lot colder. Watching Ling Ling walk off that boat, you just kno..."
Juanjuan Ye
Yu Sun
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