Xiang hun nu (1993)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Fei Xie

Writers:

Fei Xie (writer)
Daxin Zhou (story)

Release Date:

4 November 1993 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

If money can't buy happiness, can it at least buy control over others? Xiang is hard-working, running a small sesame oil business...

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Gaowa Siqin	...	Xiang Er Sao
Yujuan Wu	...	Huanhuan
Baoguo Chen	...	Ren Zhongshi
Kesheng Lei	...	Que Er Shu
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Xiaoguang Hu	...	Dun Zi
Xiaoqing Ma	...	Dating girl
Linlang Ye	...	Nanny
Hui Zhang	...	Jin Hai

Also Known As:

The Women from the Lake of Scented Souls
Woman Sesame Oil Maker

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

China

Language:

Mandarin

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-12 | France:U

Company:

Changchun Film Studio

Money isn't everything, but what else is?

Money cannot buy you love, but it does buy power. Once a victim of money, but when finally turns the table around, it is discovered in the end that the final result is the same, with or without money. The life of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is extremely similar and the director tries to leave a happy ending of breaking the vicious cycle, but has audience ever wondered that should Ms. Xiang died and the daughter-in-law, the only capable person who can handle the business, inherits the wealth of Ms. Xiang and expanded successfully just like Ms. Xiang did, would she also end up like her mother-in-law?