Xiaohong, a young servant girl beaten by her mistress, knows nothing but misfortune. She meets Yuge, who teaches her to smile and rebel. But soon war approaches and Yuge has to leave…
Sun Yu, a director with the Lianhua Film Company and whose films and life were politically engaged, fled like many of his colleagues to the interior of the country when the Japanese invaded in 1937. That same year, in reaction, he made this magnificent and sad film, in which the actors seem free and full of life.
M.M.
