Yinhe shuangxing

Two Stars in the milky way (known as Deux étoiles dans la voie lactee in french) is a movie that is typically from the 20's and the 30's. The story is quite uninteresting seen from the end of the century : The film shows an impossible love between two stars in the beginning of the chinese cinema... The story is a very classic one : You can see many european and american movies from the same period, that have the same story.

Many details shows that this film has been very influenced by Europe : The music for beginning is a mix of asian (vocal) and european (violon, and music itself) style. You also see at the beginning a statue of Beethoven or Bach (I'm not sure). The film maker team also go to a golf, and men are dressed like english men.

The main things that makes this movie attractive, is that it's a quite old asian movie, and also a chinese movie before communism and that this movie is very similar to european movies. I must also say that the chinese song is really beautiful.

If you want to see a good movie that shows friendship between two actors, you'd better watch Farewall my concubine (Adieu ma concubine in french)...

I've voted 6.

This is a silent film from China made in 1931. It is about two leads in a film, Yan (Raymond King) and Ying (Violet Wong). They meet after hearing Ying sing while another movie is being shot. You, of course, don't get to hear the song, but it catches people's attention. Once they meet and work together, they fall in love. Is it forever? It is a drama, so don't bet on it. This film is not essential viewing, but its good. The two lead actors are fine. This film is paired on DVD with "A Spray Of Plum Blossoms", which is more absorbing, but this along with Blossoms is great value for your money. The condition of this film is very good, better than most films which are now available that were made at that time in China. Buy the DVD and watch both films if you have any interest in early cinema from China. Both films are worth watching.