Blush Movie Review 1995

Shanghai prostitutes and friends Quiyi (Ji) and Xiao (Saifei) are stripped of their vocation by the communist takeover in 1949. Quiyi manages to take refuge with her favorite customer, wealthy Lao Pu (Zhiwen), while Xiao is re-educated and becomes a worker in a silk factory. Eventually thrown out of the house by Lao's disapproving mother, Quiyi learns to make her own way. Xiao meets Lao after his family has lost their money and winds up marrying him, unhappily since Lao continually pines for Quiyi. Based on the novel by Su Tong; Cantonese with subtitles.

Distribution

First Run Features, The Film Center Building, 630 Ninth Ave., Ste. 1213, New York, NY 10036, Phone: (212)243-0600, Toll-free: 800-229-8575, Fax: (212)989-7649, Email: info@firstrunfeatures.com, URL: http://www.firstrunfeatures.com

Available on VHS
Running time 119 minutes.
Originally from Chinese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Drama, Romantic Triangles, Oldest Profession, China, China, Female Bonding

Screenplay

Li Shaohong, Ni Zhen

Cast

Wang Ji, He Saifei, Zhiwen Wang, Wang Rouli

Cinematography

Zeng Nianping

Director

Li Shaohong

Music

Guo Wenjing