A person's life is destined to be shorter than that of a city. Having spent her whole life in Shanghai, Qiyao has her moments of prosperity and her fair share of loneliness. She finally fades and disappears but Shanghai remains a metropolitan city. Shanghai in the 1930s is glamorous and seductive.
29th September 2005
20 years ago
1 hour 46 minutes
Finishes at 8:50pm
5 wins & 11 nominations total
5.6/10
59%
57%
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