Raise the Red Lantern
Raise the Red Lantern is a 1991 Chinese period drama film directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li. It is an adaptation by of the 1990 novella Raise the Red Lantern (originally Wives and Concubines) by Su Tong. The film was later adapted into an acclaimed ballet of the same title by the National Ballet of China, also directed by Zhang. Set during the Warlord Era in the 1920s, the film tells the story of a young woman who becomes the fourth wife of a wealthy man. It was the third of eight collaborations between Zhang and Gong, following Red Sorghum in 1987 and Ju Dou in 1990. The film was shot in the Qiao Family Compound near the ancient city of Pingyao, in Shanxi Province.
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author | Ni Zhen |
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award | BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language Hundred Flowers Award for Best Picture |
contentLocation | China |
director | Zhang Yimou |
editor | Du Yuan |
genre | drama |
musicBy | Zhao Jiping |
nomination | Academy Award for Best International Feature Film International Submission to the Academy Awards |
producer | Chiu Fu-sheng Hou Hsiao-hsien Zhang Wenze |
productionCompany | Era International |
publisher | Orion Classics |
theme | feminist romantic drama |