20 November 2012, 6:30pm – 8:15pm
Asia Society and Museum
725 Park Avenue (at East 70 Street)
New York, NY 10021
Daybreak 天明
Dir. SUN Yu 孙瑜. 1933. China. Silent. B/W. 96 min. 35mm. With English subtitles.
Featuring LI Lili 黎莉莉.
Ling Ling (Li Lili) leaves her war-ravaged rural fishing village for a better life in Shanghai. She soon confronts the dark side of life in this metropolis marked by poverty and material decadence. After being raped by her factory boss, Ling Ling seeks help from a stranger who sells her to a brothel.
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