Blush | |
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Simplified Chinese | 红粉 |
Traditional Chinese | 紅粉 |
Literal meaning | "Blush" or "Rouge"[1] |
Hanyu Pinyin | Hóngfěn |
Directed by | Li Shaohong |
Written by | Ni Zhen Novel: Su Tong |
Produced by | Chen Kunming Yi Liu Jimmy Tan |
Starring | Wang Ji He Saifei Wang Zhiwen |
Cinematography | Zeng Nianping |
Edited by | Zhou Xinxia |
Music by | Guo Wenjing |
Production company | Beijing Film Studio |
Distributed by | United States: First Run Features |
Release date |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
Countries | China, British Hong Kong |
Language | Mandarin |
Blush (Chinese: 红粉) is a 1995 Chinese film about the experience of two women during China's campaign to re-educate prostitutes. Blush was directed by Li Shaohong and stars He Saifei, Wang Ji, and Wang Zhiwen. The film was a co-production between Hong Kong's Ocean Film and Beijing Film Studio.[2] The film is based on the novel Petulia's Rouge Tin (in Chinese, named Hóngfěn) by the writer Su Tong.[3] Blush won the Silver Bear for Outstanding Single Achievement at the 45th Berlin International Film Festival, and Golden Peacock (Best Film) at the 27th International Film Festival of India.[4][5]