Blood in the Snow aka Red Bloom in the Snow
A behind the scenes story of a small time folk opera troupe and other performers in Northern China in the 1930s.
Her virtuosity and versatility is represented in HKIFF43’s selection of four restored classics – Barber Takes a Wife (1947), HUANG Zuolin’s romantic satire about Shanghai, written by SANG Hu; Bright Day (1948), the only revolutionary film written and directed by celebrated drama master CAO Yu; Flower Girl (1951), ZHU Shilin’s post-war drama shot in Hong Kong, and the final film produced by FEI Mu; and Storm over the Yangtze River (1969), an award-winning patriotic film directed by LI Han-hsiang.
Flower Girl and Barber Takes a Wife had only hitherto existed in sole prints, the new restorations are initiated by the descendants of Sinze Wu (aka Wu Xingzai), the founder of Wenhua Film Company, and will have their World and Asian premiere in Hong Kong. [HKIFF]
A behind the scenes story of a small time folk opera troupe and other performers in Northern China in the 1930s.
