Snow Flower & The Secret Fan (2011/Fox Blu-ray)
Picture:
B Sound: A Extras: C Film: A-
This is a
tale of two girls’ relationships, Snow Flower & Lily and Nina & Sophia.
A friendship that spans across time and ages... Two girls born on the same day,
same year, and even their feet were bound on the same day. Thought the two girls were born from different
classes secretly they communicated through fans with words written on them. Their story is one of joys, sorrows, and
hardships, a friendship that only another woman may know in Snow Flower & The Secret Fan
(2011).
Nina and Sophia are two modern girls in a modern world; two bosom buddies were
connected from their ancestors from long before they were born. As they grow to adulthood they learn of the
story of Snow Flower and Lily, thought their lives separated by generations,
their life parallel their story. As Nina
was on the verge of moving to New
York with her new found good fortune, Sophia ended up
in ER. They went their separate ways after
graduating, unknown to each other they both sacrificed something for each
other's happiness, it is only after Nina reads Sophia's book does she learn
what happened to her over the last few years...
This is a tale about women, for women. That
a woman may love a man, start a family, have children, but only another woman
can truly understand her… the role of 'woman' in society how they are 'bounded'
by society's rules. These are the role,
rules; ideas in which women are raised and obligated live by. Their only solace is their sisterhood, that
when all else fails they still have each other. It is a beautiful film on Asian woman suffrage
and how they find love, friendship, and hope through the ages. Nice 2.35 X 1 scope presentation along with
great sound makes this much better on Blu-ray than a DVD could ever
deliver. Extras include documentary with
the author, director and actors (not to mention Hugh Jackman singing in
Chinese).
- Ricky Chiang
