Over the last decade we've seen East Asian cinema develop quite an appetite for the Gothic, spinning out its own versions of classic tales and drawing on the visual and psychological tropes of the genre to create new ones. Tsin Chi's 1965 offering, loving restored and screening as part of the Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh, is a reminder that this has older roots than one might expect. Based on bestseller The Mistress Of Mellyn by Eleanor Hibbert (writing as Victoria Holt), this is mostly set in daylight with self-consciously modern costumes and interiors, yet it's still driven by that heady old mixture of premature death, dark family secrets, romance and betrayal.
Bai Ruimei (Jin Mei) is our heroine, chosen for the job of governess to a bereaved man's young daughter because she resembles the child's mother and it's thought that this might be a source of comfort. In fact the...
Bai Ruimei (Jin Mei) is our heroine, chosen for the job of governess to a bereaved man's young daughter because she resembles the child's mother and it's thought that this might be a source of comfort. In fact the...
- 9/15/2020
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Emerging Taiwanese-language cinema was blossoming in the 60s – with filmmakers eagerly experimenting with the medium relatively fresh in the area and constantly looking for new themes and means of expression. Many were embracing transnational strategies to ensure that Taiwanese-language works would appeal to broader international audience and reach commercial success. “The Bride Who Has Returned From Hell” is a fine example of planting some foreign elements on familiar local grounds.
“The Bride Who Has Returned From Hell” is screening at Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh
The movie is an loose adaptation of Victoria Holt’s “Mistress of Mellyn” – a gothic novel published in 1960, six years before the film was released. Of course, the screen version doesn’t invite us to the 19th century England ‘s rocky and stormy Cornish shores. It shifts to a contemporary Taiwan. It follows the original storyline of young governess Bai Ruimei (Jin Mei) coming to a mansion of a wealthy widower,...
“The Bride Who Has Returned From Hell” is screening at Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh
The movie is an loose adaptation of Victoria Holt’s “Mistress of Mellyn” – a gothic novel published in 1960, six years before the film was released. Of course, the screen version doesn’t invite us to the 19th century England ‘s rocky and stormy Cornish shores. It shifts to a contemporary Taiwan. It follows the original storyline of young governess Bai Ruimei (Jin Mei) coming to a mansion of a wealthy widower,...
- 9/10/2020
- by Joanna Kończak
- AsianMoviePulse
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