It seems that the relationship between men and women under the oppression of old Chinese culture is the focus of this film. Based on this, the color of the picture and the expression of the characters' lust have become the temptation point of exploration. The entanglements in Eastern ethics, those silences and hatreds have the logic of Western dramas, such as real fathers, false fathers, sons, problems like Hamlet, just twisted and presented in another way. The misunderstanding also has Macbeth's tragic lead. Western logic mixed with Eastern obscurity.
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