The film was directed by Zhang,Yimou,and main role is played by Gong,Li,which is one of the most famous actresses. I knew her when I was a little child. In this movie, She was so outstanding in her performance as a singing women . She just make what the director want her to be,and make this role vivid like she just been her.
One certainly cannot criticize the performances in this movie. The stunning Gong Li was perfectly cast as girlfriend to Boss Tang, who was himself superbly portrayed by Baotian Li. I thought, however, that Wang Xiaoxiao stole the show with his performance as Shuisheng, the "third nephew of the boss's cousin" (or some such convoluted connection.) Shuisheng is a peasant boy whose suddenly brought to Shanghai by Boss Tang to serve as servant to Gong Li's character. From that position he has the chance to see this essentially gangster family in action, and it's interesting to watch the loyalty he begins to develop for his new mistress.Much has been said by others about the beautiful cinematography and that's certainly true - but I'm also struck by the amazing work of those who constructed or chose the sets, costumes, background characters - they were quite memorable. What a star in Gong Li, and what a director.
In summation, the film is visually sumptuous, the performances are rather good and the story line is clever.
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