A Soul Haunted by Painting |  | Director: Shuqin Huang
Actors: Gong Li, Fang Cen, Shichang Da, Er Dongsheng, Zunxia Gao
Studio: Knight
Category: DVD
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 111174
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Cantonese (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 130 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 1565804082
UPC: 676829608491
EAN: 9781565804081
ASIN: B0001Z4PJG
Theatrical Release Date: 1994
Release Date: June 15, 2004
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Description
The mesmerizing Gong Li stars in this true story of a Chinese painter, Pan Yuliang (Gong Li), whose work was celebrated in Paris yet rejected at home. At fifteen years old, she was sold into prostitution. Her life changes when she marries with a high official. Through her husband, she finds expression in western painting, and furthers her studies in Paris. Although internationally acclaimed as an artist, her past always continued to haunt her at home in China; and it was only after her death that she finally received the acceptance she so desperately sought.
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Lesser Known , but no less Laudable July 25, 2005
Vernell Garrett
20 out of 22 found this review helpful
"A Soul Haunted by Painting" starring the incomparable Gong Li is one of her lesser publicized efforts, but no less commendable performances as the chinese painter, Pan Yuliang, whose work was largely rejected in China due to its nude content, but adored in Paris, where she ultimately studies and resides. The film follows the arc of her tortured existence, from being sold into prostitution as a teen, to her life as a minor wife of a Chinese Diplomat, to ultimately being posthumously regarded as one of the greatest painters of Chinese descent.
The detractions however, are not with this film, but with the quality of this DVD's release, which almost seems to be a copy, of a copy, of a print. Perhaps in some ways not even Gong Li's wonderful career and performance can save Pan Yuliang from what appears to be a continuos disregard, and minimalizing of her abilities and significance. The puzzling quality of this release in this day and age, is most assuredly no mistake.
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