啼笑因缘

啼笑因缘 (1932)

In 1920s Beijing, a young student named Fan Jiashu falls in love with Shen Fengxi, a talented but poor street singer. Their romance is tested by class differences and the unwanted attention of a powerful warlord. Torn between three women from vastly different backgrounds, Fan becomes trapped in a tragic web of love, fate, and social pressure.

Data di uscita
1932-06-02
Durata
1 h 9 min
Generi
Dramma
Regista
Shichuan Zhang

Cast

Curiosità

  • Girato a: Pechino

Fate in Tears and Laughter is a 1932 Chinese romantic drama directed by Zhang Shichuan for the Mingxing Film Company. Based on Zhang Henshui's novel of the same name, it follows a young student who falls in love with a singer, even as another woman vies for his attention and a relative attempts to match him with a third. Filmed in Beijing over the course of two months, Fate in Tears and Laughter was subjected to a copyright lawsuit after its première that delayed screening for three months.

Production

Fate in Tears and Laughter was directed by Zhang Shichuan for the Shanghai-based Mingxing Film Company. The screenplay was written by Yan Duhe, while cinematography was by Dong Keyi, Wang Shizhen, and James Williamson. Made with an announced budget of 1.2 million yuan (equivalent to ¥97,000,000 in 2019), production of the film was featured in Mingxing's 1931 film An Amorous History of the Silver Screen.

Mingxing announced its intention to produce Fate in Tears and Laughter on 18 September 1930, issuing a press release that it would be adapting Zhang Henshui's novel of the same name. Serialized in the Xinwen Bao newspaper between 1929 and 1930, the novel Fate in Tears and Laughter had become a reader favourite and quickly adapted to comics, radio, and stage. The company did not, however, register for legal protection of their adaptation rights.

Fate in Tears and Laughter starred Hu Die, Xia Peizhen, Wang Xianzai, Gong Jianong, and Zheng Xiaoqiu. Hu performed dagu, a form of traditional narrative song, for the film.

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