Ann Hui : 2014
The Golden Era
Xiao Hong, one of the most famous female writers, lived through the most turbulent times in contemporary China. Her estrangement from her father sparked a long quest for an emotionally satisfying life. Drifting from one city to another, she had the life of a 'Romantic artist', was prodigiously talented and suffered through tragic love affairs. Xiao Hong was rescued from poverty by writer Xiao Jun, but their competitive relationship brought her more heartache than joy. While escaping the Japanese invasion, she married novelist Duanmu Hongliang and they fled together to Hong Kong, which fell to the Japanese later. She died of tuberculosis at the age of thirty-one. Ann Hui's biographical feature premiered at Venice International Film Festival 2014.
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