Two Stage Sisters
舞台姐妹
XIE Jin
- 114 min
- 1964
- Fiction
- Mandarin and Wu Dialect
- English Subtitles
6:00 PM, MON, AUG 14
Innis Town Hall
4K Restoration
In the 1940s, peasant girl Chunhua runs away from a forced marriage and finds sanctuary within a yue opera troupe, where she meets Yuehong, and they become sworn sisters, performing together. Their journey navigating through political and social upheavals parallels the nation’s transformation. The 4K restoration of this film premiered at the 17th Shanghai International Film Festival, fifty years after it was made.
Director
XIE Jin (1923-2008) was a third-generation Chinese director whose film career spanned over half a century. He was renowned for his portrayal of female characters, and he directed more than thirty feature films throughout his life. Encompassing various genres and themes, some of his most famous works include Women Basketball Player No. 5 (1957), Red Detachment of Women (1961), Two Stage Sisters (1964), Legend of Tianyun Mountain (1980), The Herdsman (1982), Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain (1984), Hibiscus Town (1987) and The Opium War (1997).
Credits
- DirectorXIE Jin
- Principal CastXIE Fang, CAO Yindi, FENG Qi, SHANGGUAN Yunzhu, LI Wei
- ProducerDING Li
- ScreenplayLIN Gu, XU Jin, XIE Jin
- CinematographerZHOU Daming, CHEN Zhenxiang
- Production DesignerGE Shicheng
- EditorZHANG Liqun
- SoundZHU Weigang
- MusicHUANG Zhun