Raise the Red Lantern follows the life of a young girl, Songlian, into the household of a wealthy man. She was a university student, but, due to family misfortune, left the university to become the fourth wife of a rich and powerful man. The film examines the politics among the wives of the household, and asks what the price of self-determination really is.
Awards
1991 Venice Film Festival winner of the Silver Lion.
1991 winner of the New York Film Critics Circle award for best foreign film.
1991 winer of the Los Angeles Film Critics' Association award for best cinematography.
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