Based on the Chinese folk tale 'Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai', this
romantic tragedy portrays 'Romeo and Juliet' from a distinctly
Chinese angle, with its two star-crossed lovers facing the obstacle
of a class-based arranged marriage and the archaic idea that 'a
virtuous woman is one without any talent.' Their fateful
convergence begins as the heroine, Yingtai, escapes from her
imprisonment in a home where she is not valued and disguises
herself as a man, only to fall passionately in love with Shanbo,
the poor young scholar she comes to live and study with while she
is in disguise. Yingtai's family is not at war with Shanbo's;
rather, it does not recognise its existence. Traversing class and
gender expectations, Yingtai and Shanbo spiral toward the
inevitable consequences of a life so much at odds with tradition.
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