Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- Chinese
- Country
- China, Hong Kong SAR China, Taiwan
Why tonight?
- In Chinese — subtitles on.
The story
In 1920s China, 19-year-old Songlian becomes a concubine of a powerful lord and is forced to compete with his three wives for the privileges gained.
- competition
- marriage
- romantic rivalry
- polygamy
- concubine
- tragedy
- wealth
- period drama
- intrigue
- oppression
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Zhao Qi — Housekeeper
- Jin Shuyuan — Yuru
- Ma Jingwu — Chen Zuoqian
- Cui Zhigang — Doctor Gao
- Chu Xiao — Feipu
- Cao Zengyin — Old Servant
- Ding Weimin — Songlian's Mother
- Directed
- Zhang Yimou
- Written
- Ni Zhen
Production
- Studio
- ERA International, China Film Co-Production, Century Communications, Salon Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
