Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Page #4

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


Dad.

The market goes up and down.

Up, down, up, down.

Yes, it does.

It'll come back, you'll see.

Mrs. Liao, I'm sorry for your loss.

Thank you for coming.

I didn't expect him to pass away

so suddenly.

And to do this in his own home?

His daughter won't speak to me.

She isn't even studying

for the college entrance exam.

If she fails,

I'm sending her back to Korea.

Nina, I feel sick.

I have to go to the bathroom.

What? There's no time. Quickly.

- Hold this.

- Let's go. There's no time.

I'll be right back.

Sophia.

Name:
Sophia Liao.

- It's still too loud here.

- You can't hear? Okay.

- Where?

- Let's go inside.

Here.

- What did you wanna say?

- I still don't understand why you did it.

I didn't know what I was doing.

I just did it.

You thought I couldn't pass my exam?

I feel bad.

It's gonna be all right.

What about you?

Don't worry about me. Let's go.

Who's there?

I'm coming.

Does Nina Wei live here?

Yes.

Shanghai Education Board

Disciplinary Notice

Nina!

Have you nothing to say?

How could you take the exam

for someone else?

Look at me!

Do you know how hard your father

and I work...

...to give you the best education?

And this is how you show your gratitude?

Three years.

You can't retake the exam for three years.

Do you realize what you've done?

You've not only ruined your future...

...but ours too.

You have destroyed our family!

Dear Sophia:

By the time you read this letter,

you'll be in Korea.

I did what I did

because I wanted you to be happy.

Because I wanted us to be together.

And look what happened.

We're both being punished.

I don't expect my parents

to understand what I did.

But I'm going to make them

proud of me again.

I miss you. I love you.

Nina.

May I have your order?

Yes. I would like a Caesar salad

and T-bone steak, please.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- Miss Wei?

- Hi. Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you. Sebastian Wu.

Hey. It's 9:
00.

You should get home.

Yeah. I'm almost done.

- Okay. Good night.

- Bye.

We have lived through years

of separation and turmoil.

I can still feel your heart in your words.

I am happy we will be together soon.

Lily.

Snow Flower.

Snow Flower.

Come inside. Meet my children.

You live here?

If not for your perfect feet

and good marriage...

...I would not even be here.

The matchmaker did her best.

She did.

What does your husband do?

Butcher.

I would like to spend more time

with my laotong tonight.

No, I want you to come to bed with me.

The Taiping rebels are coming!

- What is happening?

- The rebellion is here.

What rebellion?

There is no time to explain.

Your mother will not come out.

I will get her.

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