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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 609

A Dream in Pink

193284 minChina

Video edition: YouTube
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Chinese.
This copy runs: 83:32
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Synopsis

A writer and a schoolteacher find their marriage worn down by debt and frustration. He seeks escape in Shanghai nightlife and a new relationship, while their young daughter is caught between adult choices. The abandoned wife must build an independent life as the writer discovers the cost of confusing glamour with happiness.

Cast

Gao Zhanfei

Tan Ying

Xue Lingxian

Zheng Junli

DirectorsCai Chusheng

Historical context

An early Cai Chusheng film places women’s work, writing and marriage within the same moral argument. Its domestic focus anticipates concerns he would revisit more sharply in New Women.

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Availability checked on September 11, 2026.

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