Two Stage Sisters
1964 film directed by Xie Jin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Two Stage Sisters[1] is a 1964 Chinese drama film produced by Shanghai Tianma Film Studio and directed by Xie Jin, starring Xie Fang and Cao Yindi. Made just before the Cultural Revolution, it tells the story of two female Yue opera practitioners from the same troupe who end up taking very different paths in their lives: "one succumbs to bourgeois affluence and privilege, while the other finds inspiration and fulfilment in the social commitment associated with the May Fourth movement and the thought of Lu Xun.”[2] The film documents their journey through abusive feudal conditions in the countryside before achieving success and prestige on the stage, meanwhile historically following Shanghai's experience under Japanese and KMT rule. This original screenplay depicts the socio-political changes encompassing China from 1935-1950 (just after the founding of New China) through the theatrical world of Shaoxing, and accordingly mixes both a Chinese aesthetic with Hollywood and socialist realist forms.[3] The main protagonist (Zhu Chunhua) is said to be based on the life of Xie Jin's friend and opera-veteran Yuan Xuefen.[4]
Two Stage Sisters | |||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 舞臺姐妹 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 舞台姐妹 | ||||||
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Directed by | Xie Jin | ||||||
Written by | Lin Gu Xu Jin Xie Jin | ||||||
Produced by | Ding Li | ||||||
Starring | Xie Fang Cao Yindi Shangguan Yunzhu | ||||||
Cinematography | Zhou Daming Chen Zhenxiang | ||||||
Edited by | Zhang Liqun | ||||||
Music by | Huang Zhun | ||||||
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Running time | 114 minutes | ||||||
Country | China | ||||||
Languages | Mandarin Wu Chinese |