Xian hunnü / Women From the Lake of Scented Souls

Fei Xie: 香魂女 / Xiang hun nü / Women from the Lake of Scented Souls (CN 1993). Siqin Gaowa as Second Sister Xiang.

100449 / 12 / CN / 1993 / Xie Fei / / drama

香魂女 / Xiang hun nü / Nainen tuoksuvien sielujen järveltä / Kvinnorna från själarnas ö / Woman Sesame Oil Maker. PC: Tianjin Film Studios; Changchun Film Studios. D+SC: Xie Fei / Fei Xie. CAST: Siqin Gaowa (Xiang), Wu Yujuan, Lei Luosheng. 1,66. Finnish / Swedish subtitles by Hannele Vahtera. DIST: Kamras Film Group. Viewed in Helsinki, VET, Friday 14 November 1997. *** One of the best Chinese films I have seen. The drama of the strong-willed woman brings to mind the Finnish Niskavuori saga. ”In a small village in the Hebei province in northern China Xiang runs a sesame-oil operation. Interest from a Japanese company brings Xiang into contact with a whole world of female independence in contrast to the traditional world she normally inhabits” to quote the BFI CD-ROM. Fine performances, great cinematography are combined with true dramatic force.