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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 633

Modern Woman

194570 minChina

Video edition: YouTube
Original language: Chinese
This copy runs: 70:02
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Synopsis

A young woman marries a promising man from a wealthy family and expects marriage to sustain a life of leisure. Her demands gradually strain their relationship, while another educated woman offers a very different model of independence. The film stages a debate about modernity through contrasting households and the compromises imposed on their wives.

Cast

Ouyang Shafei

Yan Jun

Yang Liu

DirectorsTu Guangqi

Historical context

The China Film Archive dates this Tu Guangqi film to 1945, although the selected upload labels it 1935. Its idea of the modern woman remains tied to conservative expectations about domestic duty; that tension is part of the film’s historical perspective.

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