Plunder of Peach and Plum
7.4 /10 1 Votes7.4
7.7/10 ???? Genre Drama | 7.1/10 IMDb Director Yunwei Ying Production Diantong Film Company Duration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 1934 (1934) Cast Yuan Muzhi, Chen Boer, Zhou Boxun, Tang Huaiqiu Similar movies Yuan Muzhi appears in Plunder of Peach and Plum and Children of Troubled Times | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Plunder of Peach and Plum (Chinese: 桃李劫; pinyin: Táolǐ jié) is an early Chinese sound film from 1934. Produced by the left-leaning Shanghai-based Diantong Film Company, Plunder was directed by Ying Yunwei and starred popular actor Yuan Muzhi (who also co-wrote the screenplay). It is alternatively known as The Fate of Graduates.
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The film was featured in the 62nd Venice International Film Festival as part of their retrospective, The Secret History of Asian Cinema.
Plot
The film tells the tragic story of two recent college graduates, Tao Jianping ("Tao" is a homophone for peach), and Li Lilian ("Li" is a homophone for plum). Married, the two hope to change society for the better, but are continuously challenged by the corruption and injustice of Chinese society.
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References
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