Love and Duty

Infobox Chinese Film


caption =
name = Love and Duty
imdb_id = 0192239
amg_id = 1:340066
writer = Zhu Shilin
Ho Ro-se (novel)
starring = Ruan Lingyu
Jin Yan
director = Bu Wancang
cinematography = Huang Shaofen
producer = Li Minwei
distributor = Lianhua Film Company
released =
runtime = 152 min
released = 1931
country = China
language = Silent film
Written Chinese intertitles
budget =
jianti = 恋爱与义务
fanti = 戀愛與義務
pinyin = Liàn'ài yǔ yìwù

"Love and Duty" is a 1931 silent film from China directed by Bu Wancang and starring Ruan Lingyu and Jin Yan.

Production history

Based on a novel by a Polish expatriate, S. Rosen-hoa ("Ho Ro-se"), who had married a Chinese engineer, "Love and Duty" became one of the first films produced by the leftist Lianhua Film Company. It proved popular for its day, in no small part due to the pairing of Ruan, who was already a darling of the Shanghai film industry, and Jin Yan, a Korean-born actor who was one of the major leading men in early Chinese cinema.

Plot

The story tells the story of Yang Naifan (Ruan Lingyu) who runs from her arranged marriage to be with her true love, Li Zuyi (Jin Yan). The film details the poverty she must endure for breaking with tradition.

Rediscovery

For many years the film was believed lost, until a complete print was discovered in Uruguay in the 1990s. [cite web | url = http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/eacs2004/content/programme/film_love_and_duty/index.php | author= Thomas Kampen| title = Film "Love and Duty" | accessdate = 2007-04-09|date= 2004-06-30 | publisher = Institute of Chinese Studies, University of Heidelberg] Since its rediscovery, it has made the rounds in film festivals and Chinese cinema retrospectives around the world.

References

External links

* [http://www.melbournefilmfestival.com.au/2006_Festival/film.php?film_id=6979 "Love and Duty"] at the Melbourne International Film Festival
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* [http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/eacs2004/content/programme/film_love_and_duty/index.php "Love and Duty"] profiled at the XVth EACS-Conference from the University of Heidelberg
* [http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/festivals/01/14/hongkonged.html "A Century Of Chinese Cinema"]