Synopsis:

The story describes the different marriages of several generations of mothers-in-law, aunts, sisters-in-law and friends, and expresses deep nostalgia in the characterization. These stories seem to be loosely connected, as if they can be changed at will, but the internal organization of each section is perfect, with its own development process. This structure gives the play the function of a prism, reflecting the specific historical landscape of the time from different angles.

This drama has no earth-shattering stories, no sword fights, but rather, it is all about the things around us, the love of children, the love of mothers and children, etc. However, these seemingly ordinary and uninteresting stories are not the same as the stories of the past. But these seemingly ordinary daily life, in Lin Haiyin's writing, in the director's camera, in the actors' emotional and on-point interpretation but all become not ordinary, simple, full of deep meaning.

Particularly when the opening and closing credits resound with Cai Qin's low and slightly mournful singing, the whole picture seems mournful and poignant, intoxicating and heartbreaking ......

Flavors, grotesque and gory, the story of a besieged city, acting out the sorrows and joys of life's passions ... ...

Expanded Information

Character Evaluation

Lin Haiyin specializes in expressing the love and marriage of women in the era of old and new since the May Fourth New Culture Movement. Her pen, almost stubbornly wandering in this field, keeps digging, exploring and pondering, trying hard to reflect the old mirror of love and marriage.

Reflecting the changes of history and the ups and downs of the times, she reflects the social landscape of China from the end of the Qing Dynasty to the end of the Civil War, constituting a history of Chinese women's marriages since the modern times.

In this graphic history of women's marriages, she writes about the complicated relationship between wives and concubines in large families and the inferior status of concubines; the untold anguish of martyrs and chaste women; the sadness and grief of abandoned women; the twisted hearts of arranged marriages; as well as the pain and suffering of women struggling to get out of the old morality.

These themes and characters are not uncommon in the history of modern Chinese literature, and it is not difficult to find the sisters of these characters in the works of many former masters, such as Lu Xun, Guo Moruo, Yu Dafu and Ba Jin. However, Lin Haiyin has her own unique artistic personality. She has worked hard to inherit the literary traditions of her predecessors, but is also brave enough to explore and strive for discovery and innovation.

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