Message from rmansdorf

[Anonymous]

I watched this movie at home and found the cinematography stunningly beautiful. The protagonist as well. I was really interested in clues as to when this was intended to take place (the 1920's sounds right) and the interplay between modern (she was allowed to go to university) vs. tradition (the whole set up was constantly reminding us what was the tradition). The viewer does not get enough dialog to really understand why the protagonist decides to act in the way she does. This leaves it to the watcher to try to understand the motivations. Did she really only give up the "third" mistress because she was drunk? Did she have no other way to get rid of the maid who was plotting against her? How did she use her university smarts to do things differently?

Raise the Red Lanternwas the movie I was referring to.[Edit by="rmansdorf on Aug 11, 9:37:40 PM"][/Edit]