Raise the Red Lantern

Raise the Red Lantern (Simplified Chinese: 大红灯笼高高挂; Traditional Chinese: 大紅燈籠高高掛; pinyin: Dà Hóng Dēnglóng Gāogāo Guà; literally "Raise High the Big Red Lantern") is a 1991 Chinese film, directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li. It was adapted by Ni Zhen from the 1990 novel Wives and Concubines by Su Tong. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1992, the film was shot in Qiao's Compound in the ancient city of Pingyao, in the Shanxi Province in northern China. Although the screenplay was approved by Chinese censors, Beijing banned the final version of the film.

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Simplified Chinese - Traditional Chinese - 1991 - Chinese - Film - Zhang Yimou - Gong Li - Ni Zhen - 1990 - Novel - Su Tong - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film - 1992 - Pingyao - Shanxi - Screenplay - Censor - Beijing

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The film was later adapted to a ballet of the same title by the National Ballet of China.

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Film - Ballet - National Ballet of China

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