Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Page #2

Synopsis: In 19th-century China, seven year old girls Snow Flower and Lily are matched as laotong - or "old sames" - bound together for eternity. Isolated by their families, they furtively communicate by taking turns writing in a secret language, nu shu, between the folds of a white silk fan. In a parallel story in present day Shanghai, the laotong's descendants, Nina and Sophia, struggle to maintain the intimacy of their own childhood friendship in the face of demanding careers, complicated love lives, and a relentlessly evolving Shanghai. Drawing on the lessons of the past, the two modern women must understand the story of their ancestral connection, hidden from them in the folds of the antique white silk fan, or risk losing one another forever.
Genre: Drama, History
Director(s): Wayne Wang
Production: Fox Searchlight
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
42
Rotten Tomatoes:
21%
PG-13
Year:
2011
120 min
$1,346,503
Website
129 Views


Her accident had nothing to do with you.

Enough.

Stop trying to convince me.

I've decided to stay.

I don't even know what her life was like

these past few months.

Now, with this accident,

I need to find out what happened to her.

Uh, hi, Sebastian. It's Nina.

I'm not sure

when I can meet you in New York.

I...

I just can't leave.

I need to be here for Sophia.

Sorry.

I'll be at the house.

Call me when you land.

Bye.

I am to marry a boy I do not know.

He is from a distinguished family.

My life will change

because of my perfect feet.

Sister, you must come to my wedding.

Has Madame Wang found you a match,

Snow Flower?

What about bed business?

Mama has never said anything to me.

It cannot be as hard as embroidery

or cleaning.

Why are you laughing?

Stop laughing at me.

I am not a good daughter for leaving you.

We are women.

We are born to leave our families.

Mama.

Go.

Mama.

Lily.

Never forget we are vowed forever.

No one will come between us.

Snow Flower.

Sun, water and firewood are free.

But salt is a commodity.

The Taiping rebels

are creating chaos everywhere.

I am concerned about our son trading

in such a faraway place.

What do women know

about such things?

Within this household,

I make all the decisions!

Obey, obey, obey.

He will do what he wants.

My father has granted me permission

to travel to Guilin to buy salt.

I will return and sell it here.

Guilin. That is far.

Is it safe?

It is not a woman's place to worry.

I may be gone for a long time.

Excuse me, is Claire here?

- She's inside.

- Thanks.

Claire, you're here.

Sophia's aunt is not here.

I know.

Is there another way to reach her?

I'm in touch. She'll be back tonight.

Are these from Sophia's family?

Yes, Sophia gave us these.

They all belong to her family.

But the most important one is missing.

Perhaps Sophia has it.

This is a new interactive nu shu program.

You taught me how to be a good wife.

I must fulfill all my duties.

The wife of the eldest son

must serve and honor her mother-in-law.

My daughter's birth was a disappointment.

I must bear a son.

Madam, I would like

to visit Snow Flower...

...and go to the Temple of Gupo fair.

We promised to meet there every year.

I told you, Lily.

I do not approve of your relationship

with Snow Flower.

She is my laotong.

We are vowed forever.

Why do you forbid me to go?

You must go pray for a son.

Yong Gang will go with you.

Yong Gang.

Take this to Snow Flower.

We must rely on the wind

to carry our words.

Those winds are happy and sad.

We are forbidden to see each other.

But at every moment, I miss you.

Wait for me.

Snow Flower.

How does your husband treat you?

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