Dream of the Red Chamber '77

Dream of the Red Chamber '77 (1977)

紅樓夢醒 / 新潮紅樓夢

Waken from a Dream of Red Chamber

Set against the backdrop of the wealthy Jia clan’s slow financial decline, Jia Bao-yu falls in love with his cousin Lin Dai-yu, newly arrived from Taiwan. Their growing mutual affection gets derailed when their family’s materialistic interests and another cousin from the United States comes between them. Considered one of the four great masterworks of Chinese literature, Chiu’s adaptation reimagines this classical saga by transposing it to 1970s Singapore, featuring a largely local cast and weaving in various idiosyncratic film tropes popular at the time. In this rare rediscovery, Dream of the Red Chamber offers a unique and uncommon glimpse into early independent and transnational filmmaking in a rapidly developing post-independence Singapore.

Date of release
1977-07-01
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Chiu Kang-Chien

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