The_Arch_(film)

<i>The Arch</i> (film)

The Arch (film)

1968 film

The Arch (Chinese: 董夫人) is a 1968[1] Hong Kong drama film directed by Tang Shu Shuen.[2] The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 42nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[3]

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Cast

  • Lisa Lu as Madame Tung
  • Roy Chiao as Captain Yang
  • Szu-yun Chen
  • Yu-Kuan Chen
  • Hilda Chow Hsuan as Wei-Ling
  • Po Hu
  • Ying Lee as Chang
  • Yui Liang as Monk
  • Tang Shu Shuen

Reception

Variety reviewed the film at the San Francisco Film Festival's "New Director Series" on 31 October 1968, describing the film as ""a sensitively photographed, professionally-made story," and praising Subrata Mitra (also Satyajit Ray's cinematographer) as "exceptional."[4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "The Arch". San Francisco Film Festival. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Cinema China". Archived from the original on 11 February 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  3. [3]
    Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  4. [4]
    Variety's Film Reviews 1968-1970. Vol. 12. R. R. Bowker. 1983. There are no page numbers in this book. This entry is found under the header "October 30, 1968". ISBN 0-8352-2792-8.


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