Blush (1995 film)

Blush
Simplified Chinese红粉
Traditional Chinese紅粉
Literal meaning"Blush" or "Rouge"[1]
Hanyu PinyinHóngfěn
Directed byLi Shaohong
Written byNi Zhen
Novel:
Su Tong
Produced byChen Kunming
Yi Liu
Jimmy Tan
StarringWang Ji
He Saifei
Wang Zhiwen
CinematographyZeng Nianping
Edited byZhou Xinxia
Music byGuo Wenjing
Production
company
Beijing Film Studio
Distributed byUnited States:
First Run Features
Release date
  • 8 September 1995 (1995-09-08) (Toronto)
Running time
115 minutes
CountriesChina, British Hong Kong
LanguageMandarin

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]

  1. ^ Gunn, Edward. "Su Tong." In: Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture. Taylor & Francis, 2009. ISBN 041577716X, 9780415777162. Pages 790-791. CITED: p. 790.
  2. ^ Zhang, Yingjin & Xiao, Zhiwei (1998). "The Fifth Generation" in Encyclopedia of Chinese Film. Taylor & Francis, p. 98-99. ISBN 0-415-15168-6.
  3. ^ Davis, Edward L. (1 January 2009). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture. Taylor & Francis. p. 790. ISBN 978-0-415-77716-2.
  4. ^ "Power can't be Neglected in China's". studylib.net.
  5. ^ "Home > Archive > Annual Archives > 1995 > Prize Winners". Berlinale. 1995. Retrieved 17 March 2009.