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Sunday, Oct 22, 2023
7 PM (97 mins)
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BAMPFA
A Maid from Heaven
(Qi xian nu)
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IntroductionPaul Fonoroff is an expert on Chinese cinema who lived for years in Hong Kong and is currently based in Bangkok.
Ivy Ling Bo, Fang Ying, Julia Hsia, Pan Yin-tze,
A fairy from heaven descends to Earth and finds love with a mill owner’s servant in this blend of fantasy film and Chinese huangmei diao musical opera. The film was originally begun by The Love Eterne’s Li Han-hsiang, until he left it (and Shaw Brothers) to start a new company in Taiwan. (Its first film? A different version of the same story.) The Love Eterne’s Ivy Ling Bo fortunately stayed around, starring (yet again) as the male lead, here forced to deal with a whimsical, celestial princess on one hand and a tyrannical boss on the other. Fanciful Wizard of Oz–level special effects add to the film’s all-ages, goofy charm.
FILM DETAILS
Screenwriter
- Li Han-hsiang
Cinematographer
- Yuen Chang-sam
- Charles Tung Shao-yung (Dong Shaoyong)
- Wo Cho-hua
- Liu Chi
Language
- Mandarin
- with English subtitles
Print Info
- Color
- Digital
- 97 mins
Source
- Celestial Pictures
Event Accessibility
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