Fans of unspoken-passion dramas with sweeping scores and sumptuous period costumes should find something to enjoy in this romance, set in 1938 China.
Willem Dafoe plays a missionary who falls for a wealthy local woman (Luo Yan), but her husband, her husband's concubine and their son are just a few of the obstacles in the path of love.
It's melodramatic and mannered in parts, but moving in others.
Based on Pearl S Buck's 1946 best-seller, it's the first US/Chinese co-production on record.
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