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The Goddess (Chinese: 神女) is a 1934 Chinese silent film released by the Lianhua Film Company (United Photoplay). The film tells the story of an unnamed woman, who lives as a streetwalker by night and devoted mother by day in order to get her young son an education amid social injustice in the streets of Shanghai, China.
16 maj 2020 · Goddess 神女 (1934) with English subtitles. @Modern Chinese Cultural Studies Widely regarded as the finest Chinese silent film, Goddess is a stylistic masterpiece. A single mother working as...
18 lis 2010 · The Goddess a silent film from China made in 1934 and starring Ruan Lingyu in a stunning performance is the story of a prostitute and her son. (The word for Goddess in Chinese also means a loose woman) It was directed by Wu Yonggang.
21 lip 2008 · A 1934 Shanghai B&W movie describing the travails of a young prostitute working to send her child through school. Generally considered a classic of pre-war Chinese films. The most famous role of film star Ruan Lingyu. Silent with English intertitles.
Silent screen legend Ruan Lingyu, giving a fierce and tragic performance in her signature role as a wronged prostitute, is the electric center of The Goddess, one of the most powerful silent films of all time and an early high point for Chinese cinema.
A masterpiece of Chinese cinema’s silent era, this heart-wrenching tale of a single mother who works as a prostitute so she can afford an education for her young son stars legendary actress Ruan Lingyu, who tragically died by suicide at the age of 24.
Shen Nu (The Goddess) is one of my favorite silent films. I’ve never been so moved by an actress they way I was moved by Ruan Lingyu’s performance. She personifies what a silent film actress, or any actress for that matter, should be.
