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- Movie: Beauty Remains
- Chinese: 美人依旧 (Mei ren yi jiu)
- Director: Ann Hu
- Writer: Michael Eldridge, Beth Schacter
- Producer:
- Cinematography:
- Release Date: February 14, 2005
- Runtime: 95 min
- Language: Mandarin
- Country: China, Hong Kong, US
Plot
Beauty Remains tells the story of two sisters—Fei (Zhou Xun) and Ying (Vivian Wu)—
separated by the dictates of custom, bound together by the will of their recently deceased
father, Master Li, a legendary entrepreneur and a man who has “made generations of
women suffer.”
The illegitimate daughter of Master Li and the maid of the household, Fei has
grown up in disgrace while her half-sister, Ying, has lived a life of opulent leisure. When
Master Li dies, the sisters learn that the continuation of Fei’s academic scholarship and
the liquidation of the family’s estate are contingent upon the return of Fei to the Li
household.
Forced to invite her half-sister back into the family fold, Ying is enraged. Ying
assumes, however, that this proud young woman will be no threat to her eventual claim to
the family fortune. But there is one complication Ying didn’t count on. . .
Though Ying and Huang (Zhiwen Wang)—a charismatic casino owner and
reformed roué—have intended to marry for many years, their relationship has always
been tumultuous. Now, as two women whose lives have been dictated by the often cruel
decrees of men struggle to transcend that influence, Huang is forced to choose between
the love of the woman who enchants him and the reckless affair that will tear a household
apart.
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