The Peach Blossom Land
- -Two drama companies happened to share one auditorium for rehearsal. Friction was inevitable. One of them played 'Peach Blossom', a comedy in medieval costume. Another played 'Secret Love', a sad story with contemporary setting. Though unreconciled in all aspects, they find themselves telling the same story: the story of Chinese people forced to leave home.
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Two drama companies happened to share one auditorium for rehearsal. Friction was inevitable.
One of them played ‘Peach Blossom’, a comedy in medieval costume. Another played ‘Secret Love’, a sad story with contemporary setting. Though unreconciled in all aspects, they find themselves telling the same story: the story of Chinese people forced to leave home.
“In the midst of her 1990s run of blockbusters, Brigitte Lin lent her superstar presence to this surprising stageto- screen adaptation. Theater director Stan Lai adapts his own play about two theater companies rehearsing on the same stage, with one troupe performing an epic romance, and the other a comedic fable. As the players argue and the rehearsals progress, the two narratives begin to intertwine. Lin is luminous in this playful, sharply-realized exploration of Chinese history.” [HKIFF]