mistress(yě cǎo xián huā)

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Synopsis

Version 1: a child of a rich family can't stand his parents' arranged marriage for him. He angrily leaves a rich family and makes a living in society. He met a girl who often sold flowers on the street and fell in love with her. Flower girl was born with a beautiful voice, and later became a very famous singer. Although she fell in love with the young master, she was opposed and obstructed by his family. The young master's father came to the flower girl behind his son's back and advised her not to hinder the young master's bright future. The flower girl had no choice but to break up with the young master. Finally, the flower girl and the young master went through all kinds of twists and turns, under heavy pressure, and finally broke the feudal concept of family status. On a Snowy River in Northwest China, a group of hungry and cold refugees are struggling. Suddenly, a young woman with a baby in her arms falls down. The baby's hungry cry gnaws her mother's heart. She suddenly bites her finger and lets blood flow into her baby's mouth instead of milk The young woman slowly closed her eyes. Her poor orphan was taken away by a refugee couple called "lazy Carpenter". Time flies. The location is in the slum of Shanghai 16 years later. The lazy carpenter's wife has died. He and his two daughters are living together in poverty. The eldest daughter Lilian is the orphan she picked up 16 years ago. She and her sister go to the street to sell flowers every day, Huang Yun, a young man who loves music and has profound attainments, refuses to marry a rich daughter chosen by his father because he is dissatisfied with the arranged marriage at home. He is driven out of the house by his autocratic father. When he is wandering on the street, he accidentally rescues Lilian from the wheel of a galloping car. In order to thank him for saving his daughter, the lazy carpenter takes Huang Yun, who has a difficult home, Lilian's clear voice shows that she has a unique talent in singing. With joy, Huang Yun teaches her to sing her own opera "looking for brother in a thousand miles", and makes Lilian's sister also play the role of a dancer in the play, Huang Yun asked him to raise the money for the public opera in private, and a Dai happily promised. Soon after, Wan Li Xun brother was officially staged in Shanghai, which caused a sensation, and Lilian became famous. Living together day and night and cooperating in art, Lilian and Huang Yunmeng fell in love and made an engagement. Huang Yun's father knew about this situation, The day before the wedding, Huang Yun's father, together with Huang Yun's aunt and aunt, went to the lazy carpenter's house to bully and cajole, abusing Lilian and destroying Huang Yun's future. The kind and pure Lilian didn't want to affect Huang Yun's future, so she decided to sacrifice herself, Huang Yun, who has no idea of the truth, finally gets angry when he hears Lilian's proposal to terminate her engagement and goes back to her old home. To attract the audience, the theater owner forces Lilian to sing "looking for my brother in ten thousand li" one night. Deeply hurt, Lilian enters the stage to sing elegy. The past flashed, and she was very sad, He fainted on the stage. His servant, a Dai, was also watching the play. He told Huang Yun about the scene and the fact that Huang's father had gone to Lilian's home. Huang Yun woke up from a dream. With mixed feelings of sadness and happiness, he rushed out of the house. In the lazy carpenter's house, Huang Yun knelt on the ground and begged Lilian to forgive him. Finally, everything came to a complete end

screen credits

Director Sun Yu screenwriter Sun Yu cinematography Huang Shaofen composition sun Chengbi lyrics Sun Yu

Music Soundtrack

The birth of China's first film episode: on December 3, 1930, the film "wild grass and idle flowers" produced by Lianhua Company was released. The film used wax plate dubbing method to prepare a film song "brother seeking Ci" composed by Sun Yu and sun Chengbi, which became the first film episode in the history of Chinese film. The film stars Ruan Lingyu and Jin Yan sing in chorus. Although audio films did not come out in China at that time, many cinemas had relevant equipment for screening foreign audio films. The song was recorded on a wax disc in advance and released on the spot when the film was shown, making it the first film episode in China. This episode appeared twice in the film, and was closely related to the plot, which increased the appeal of the film. Coupled with the singing of the two stars, it soon spread to schools and the streets. attached to the lyrics of "the poem of seeking elder brother": from the army, little to leave home; read parents, return to the empty desolation. The family becomes ashes, the grave grows spring grass, my younger sister, exiles to other side! My elder brother is Jiali, and my younger sister is Lifang. Ten years ago, I lived in yuotang together. My younger sister is lonely, and her family is broken. I'm looking for my elder brother and I'm living in a foreign land! the wind is sad and the snowflakes are flying; the night is cold and the jackdaws are looking for their nests. Can my brother hear the song? The end of the world, homeless! snowflakes flying, plum blossom pieces; sister looking for brother, thousands of mountains and rivers, don't ten years, brother and sister meet again, like tears, thank God!

Film evaluation

This film was created under the influence of Dumas' Camellia girl and American film sevens. But it also avoids the tragic ending of Camellia girl and creates ideal characters to express the author's ideal desire. The film expresses the author's resistance to feudal ideas and sympathy for the lower class society, which is more or less beyond the love and marriage circle of the subject matter itself and has progressive significance. There are many novel techniques in directing the film, such as the technique of contrast, the use and interleaving of scenes, the smooth and concise lens, the strong poetic feeling and the rich characteristics. In addition, there was a commercial trend in the film industry at that time, and a large number of rough and shoddy ghost martial arts films flooded the market, which had aroused the general disgust of the audience, but to a certain extent played a leading role in the change of Chinese film trend in the 1930s.

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