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Voidsville Follies

Works featuring "China" (2)

Attack on a China Mission

James Williamson (director)
Williamson (production)

Language: Silent, released in Nov 1900
Minutes: 1

A short reenactment of a Boxer attack. Full description from BFI at http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/520615/index.html

Featured elements:

: action; anti-colonialism; armed conflict; China; extended incident; historical drama; home invasion; rescue; yellow peril

Daybreak (天明)

Sun Yu/孫瑜 (director/writer)
Zhou Ke/周克 (cinematographer)
Li Lili/黎莉莉 (lead)
Gao Zhan-Fei/高占非 (lead)
Liu Ji-Qun/劉繼群 (lead)
Han Lan-Gen/韓蘭根 (lead)
Lianhua (production)

Language: Silent, Chinese titles, English subtitles, released in 1933, month unknown
Minutes: 97

Story of Ling-Ling, a hick hottie in Shanghai who discovers she's a magnet for lechers when she is raped by her boss, and then (a few hours later) by his goon, and then (a few hours later) tricked into following a devious old man who sells her to a brothel - all this in a single night, before daybreak. Finally, she learns to utilize her God-given talent to uplift the economy and the general condition of the human race - who then rape her one last time - and also learns to make lots of flag-waving speeches along the way. Filmed shortly after Japanese bombing of Shanghai, which may account for its over-the-top vibe.

Featured elements:

: abuse; armed conflict; captive prostitution; China; death scene; execution; flashback; foreshadowing; historical drama; melodrama; patriotism; prostitution; romance; Shanghai; social commentary; treachery; uprising; urbanization; wage slavery

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