
A woman inherits her father's fireworks factory, as he had no son. The business does well and everything works in an orderly fashion until one day, an itinerant painter is hired to decorate the doors and vases at the factory. The woman, forbidden to marry and thereby involve outsiders in the factory ownership, finds herself drawn to the headstrong painter. When they fall in love, the situation throws her entire life into disarray.... (Full plot summary below)
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A woman inherits her father's fireworks factory, as he had no son. The business does well and everything works in an orderly fashion until one day, an itinerant painter is hired to decorate the doors and vases at the factory. The woman, forbidden to marry and thereby involve outsiders in the factory ownership, finds herself drawn to the headstrong painter. When they fall in love, the situation throws her entire life into disarray.
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| Independent on SundayQuentin CurtisThe film is further evidence of the strength of the new Chinese cinema. |
| User ReviewLao GIt is one of my all time favorite movies. It is the passion within the story and the artful way in which it is rendered that brought me to my knees. |
| User ReviewRick RAs always.... forbidden love is always the best love.... but it always comes with a heavy price. |
| User ReviewGarwin SFascinating love story exploring the strictures of duty and obligation imposed by tradition and ancestor worship on the individual. A uniquely Chinese tale up there with the best of Zhang Yimou's work. |
| User ReviewWS WI think I would have liked it more if I had watched it 10+years ago. |