Street Angel
Street Angel 马路天使 (Mǎlù Tiānshǐ)
Summary
Street Angel, written and directed by Muzhi Yuan,was produced in 1937 and tells the story of Xiao Hong and her older sister Xiao Yun who are orphans from Manchuria. They came to Shanghai after the Japanese takeover in 1931 in hopes of a better life. Unfortunately, they are adopted by a selfish and unkind couple of Shanghai’s under class. Xiao Yun is forced to work as a prostitute and Xiao Hong sings at her adopted parent’s tea house until they decide to sell her to the local gangster Gu. She escapes this bad situation and marries her trumpet playing boyfriend Chen Xiaoping. Chen loves Xiao Hong but looks down on her prostitute sister. In the end, however, Xiao Yun makes a sacrifice that allows her inner goodness to be revealed. (Berry,86).
,a dark comedy,
film features Zhou Xuan the 1930s singing sensation as Xiao Hong
Zhao Dan
The skyscraper is "a symbol for the city's economic divide."(Palmer, 187)
Link to the film online - [1]
--Hollyspendlove 03:34, 3 March 2012 (UTC)