Two women must overcome the male dominance in their lives or lose everything.
If aesthetics are a prime factor in your movie choices, you may get something out of Ann Hu's overwrought, but beautifully atmospheric, period romance. show more
So beautifully filmed (as if through a gauze curtain), it is especially sad that the script doesn't measure up. show more
Chinese director Ann Hu follows-up her tepid 2000 debut "Shadow Magic" with another luscious historical drama that, thankfully, is a lot more interesting. The plot is no less melodramatic, but here melodramatics work along with the film's theme, not against it. show more
