“Raise the Red Lantern” quotes

(1991)

Title Raise the Red Lantern
Original title Da hong deng long gao gao gua
Year 1991
Director Zhang Yimou
Genre Drama, History, Romance

All actors – Li Gong, Saifei He, Cuifen Cao, Jingwu Ma, Qi Zhao, Lin Kong, Shuyuan Jin, Weimin Ding, Zhengyin Cao, Zhihgang Cui, Chu Xiao, Baotian Li

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“Good or bad, it's all playacting. If you act well, you can fool other people; if you do it badly, you can only fool yourself, and when you can't even fool yourself, you just can fool the ghosts.”
Saifei He - Meishan (Third Wife)
[Tag:deceit, fiction, ghosts]
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“- Songlian's mother: Rich man? If you marry a rich man, you will only be his concubine.
- Songlian: Let me be a concubine. Isn't that the fate of a woman?”
Weimin Ding - Songlian's mother
Li Gong - Songlian
[Tag:fate, marriage, women]

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