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Pink Dream (Chinese: 粉红色的梦/粉紅色的夢; pinyin: Fěn hóng sè de mèng) is a 1932 Chinese silent film and an early film by director Cai Chusheng. A melodrama, the film's pointed critique of the decadent urban lifestyle was nevertheless met with criticism by Shanghai's progressives, who regarded the film itself as decadent and excessively influenced by American cinema, particularly the film's numerous scenes of Shanghai's dance halls.[1] Today the film is generally regarded as Cai's last film before his turn towards more overtly leftist films.[2]

Pink Dream
Traditional	粉紅色的夢
Simplified	粉红色的梦
Mandarin	Fěn hóng sè de mèng
Directed by	Cai Chusheng
Written by	Cai Chusheng
Starring	Gao Zhanfei Zheng Junli
Cinematography	Zhou Ke
Production company	Lianhua Film Company
Release date	1932 (1932)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	China
Language	Silent with Chinese intertitles

It is sometimes translated as A Dream in Pink. An extant print of the film is maintained by the China Film Archives.

Plot

Pink Dream tells the story of a young novelist who is supported by a loving and hard-working wife. The novelist, however, is drawn to the decadent life of a socialite who introduces him to the dance halls that dot Shanghai. As the film progresses, the novelist soon learns of the emptiness of this urban existence and rejects it as a "pink dream."

Notes

References

• Zhang, Zhen. An Amorous History of the Silver Screen: Shanghai Cinema, 1896-1937. University of Chicago Press (2005). ISBN 0-226-98238-6.

External links

• Pink Dream at IMDb
• Pink Dream at the Chinese Movie Database

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