SHANGHAI STORYDir: Peng Xiaolian
2004, 100 minutes
Starring: Joey Wang , Zheng Zhenyao
Sunday 4th February 2007 2 pm
Shanghai Story won China’s equivalent of the Oscar, the Golden Rooster, for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actress (for Zhen Zhenyao) in 2004. Woman director Peng Xiaolian is from Shanghai herself, and this story of three generations of Shanghai women is close to her heart. The Tang family were bourgeois, owning a garden house built in the former French Concession. But they suffered during the Cultural Revolution, and the children were dispersed. The elderly mother’s illness brings everyone back to Shanghai, but only to see old wounds reopened. Through the family’s struggle to overcome the past, Peng Xiaolian tells the inside story of Shanghai’s turbulent history.
Tower Hamlets: Museum in Docklands
1 Warehouse, West India Quay, E14
Hertsmere Road, London
Tickets: £5 Bookings: 0870 444 3855
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