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Screening: Two Stage Sisters
The Asia Society: New York presents a screening of Two Stage Sisters as a part of the Citi Series on Asian Arts and Culture.
When:
November 28, 2012 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Where
Part of film series
Goddess: Chinese Women on Screen (November 9 - December 8, 2012)
Citi Series on Asian Arts and Culture
Two Stage Sisters
Dir. XIE Jin. 1964. China. Color. 107 min. 35mm. With English subtitles.
Featuring XIE Fang, CAO Yindi.
One of the last films made before the Cultural Revolution, Two Stage Sisters follows the lives of two female opera performers, Chunhua (Xie Fang) and Yuehong (Cao Yindi), from 1935 to 1950 as they leave a small countryside folk opera troupe and join a theater company in Shanghai. Their relationship is put on trial as ideological differences develop over a period of turbulent political and social upheavals. Director Xie Jin, known for his women's pictures, is one of the most successful filmmakers in Chinese cinema history, having weathered major political storms in a career that spanned half a century.
Check out Hibiscus Town (1986), also by director Xie Jin and a part of this film series.
This series is part of Citi Series on Asian Arts and Culture. Additional support is provided by People's Republic of China's Ministry of Culture, China Film Archive, and the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in New York.
Cost:
$7 members; $9 students/seniors; $11 nonmembers. Series discount available.
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Phone Number:
212-288-6400
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