“Golden Lotus” ( Eng. Golden Lotus , Chinese trade. 金蓮花 , pinyin : jīn lián huā , literally: “Golden Lotus Flower”) is a black and white Hong Kong -based music film by Motion Picture & General Investment Co. Ltd. directed and scripted by Yue Feng .
| Golden lotus | |
|---|---|
| whale. trad. 金蓮花 English Golden lotus | |
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| Genre | melodrama [1] |
| Producer | Yue Feng |
| Producer | Robert Chun Tu Meqing [1] |
| Author script | Yue Feng |
| In the main cast | Lin Dai Kelly Lei Zhen Liu Enjia |
| Operator | Fan Jie |
| Composer | Kay syunton |
| Film company | Motion Picture & General Investment Co. Ltd. ( Cathay ) |
| Duration | 127 min [2] |
| A country |  Hong Kong |
| Tongue | putonghua [1] |
| Year | 1956 [3] [2] or 1957 [4] [5] [1] |
| IMDb | ID 0194061 |
Content
Story
The early years of the Republic of China , a town in northern China.
A girl named Jin Lianhua (whose name literally means "golden lotus" or "golden lotus flower") earns a living by herself and her adoptive mother by singing in a teahouse.
The heir to the wealthy family, who studied in the city, Cheng Qingyu falls in love with Lianhua; touched by his fervent confession, the girl reciprocates him. However, at the insistence of his father, Qingyu was forced to marry the daughter of another wealthy Shen Shuven family. Not wanting to deceive his wife, Cheng Qingyu talks about love for another girl; the much more timid Shuven grieves, but remains faithful to her husband and does not try to fight for her love.
Cousin Qingyu, knowing of his ongoing meetings with a commoner, tells his father about this. In an anger from the son’s criminal love for the songwriter, the young man’s father makes him catch up and tries to eliminate the hindrance by hiring people to beat Lianhua or seduce her. Thinking that his father learned about everything from his daughter-in-law, Qingyu begins to completely ignore and boycott his wife. Not knowing the reason for his relationship, she becomes depressed and falls ill.
The same cousin, having found Jin Lianhua, asks her to leave Cheng Qingyu to save Shuven. Unable to refuse, the girl agrees in tears and leaves the city; however, this does not help her "rival", in the end, dying of grief, abandoned by her husband. Qingyu rebels against the family and escapes after Lianhua. Having experienced many misadventures, lovers find their happiness [1] [2] .
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Lin Dai | Jin Lianhua, Shen Shuven |
| Wang Lai | foster mother Lianhua |
| Kelly Lei Zhen | Cheng Qingyu |
Rewards
- Prize of the 4th Asian-Pacific Film Festival (1957) for Best Actress - Lin Dai.
- The Golden Lotus was included in Hong Kong's 100 Must See Films list, published in 2011 by the Hong Kong Department of Culture and Leisure and the Hong Kong Film Archive [6] .
- The film also participated in the selection of a film festival in Barcelona [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Golden Lotus Archive copy dated July 26, 2007 on the Wayback Machine (English) (Chinese) at the Hong Kong Film Archive at the Hong Kong Government Department of Culture and Leisure.
- ↑ 1 2 3 金莲花 - article from Hudong .
- ↑ 金莲花 - an article from Baidupedia (Chinese) (see paragraph 3). See also the date on the original poster on the pages of Baidupediya, Khudun or HKMDB.
- ↑ Golden Lotus on the Internet Movie Database .
- ↑ Golden Lotus (English) (Chinese) on the Hong Kong Movie Database.
- ↑ 100 must see Hong Kong movies Archived January 18, 2012. on the website of the Department of Culture and Recreation Hong Kong government.