Set in post-World War II Shanghai, "The Song of Everlasting
Sorrow" follows the adventures of Wang Qiyao, a girl born of the
"longtong," the crowded, labyrinthine alleys of Shanghai's
working-class neighborhoods.
Infatuated with the glitz and glamour of 1940s Hollywood, Wang
Qiyao seeks fame in the Miss Shanghai beauty pageant, and this
fleeting moment of stardom becomes the pinnacle of her life. During
the next four decades, Wang Qiyao indulges in the decadent
pleasures of pre-liberation Shanghai, secretly playing mahjong
during the antirightist Movement and exchanging lovers on the eve
of the Cultural Revolution. Surviving the vicissitudes of modern
Chinese history, Wang Qiyao emerges in the 1980s as a purveyor of
"old Shanghai"--a living incarnation of a new, commodified
nostalgia that prizes splendor and sophistication--only to become
embroiled in a tragedy that echoes the pulpy Hollywood noirs of her
youth.
From the violent persecution of communism to the liberalism and
openness of the age of reform, this sorrowful tale of old China
versus new, of perseverance in the face of adversity, is a timeless
rendering of our never-ending quest for transformation and
beauty.
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