Jasmine Women

aka: Mo li hua kai; Blossoming Jasmine; Jasmine Flower
China 2004, 127 minutes
Dir. Yong Hou
In Mandarin with English subtitles
Rating: [M]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama / Epic, History

Feat. Joan Chen, Wen Jiang, Zhang Ziyi

Aroview: Intergenerational Chinese weepie about women who are unlucky in love, set during the 1920s, '50s and '80s, and based on the book by Su Tong (also the author of RAISE THE RED LANTERN).

Multiple hankies are recommended, but the film’s tone is much more realistic than standard melodramatic weepies. Showing decades of tumultuous history through intimate eyes, a powerhouse cast bring the epic story to vivid life.