| Brief Description: | At the center of this moving intergenerational family drama is an old legend about two girls who drowned themselves in a local lake and were said to have flown away as beautiful birds. A contemporary entrepreneur succeeds in business despite her drunken, abusive husband. Now she faces the chore of putting another woman into an unhappy arranged marriage because her mentally ill son desires a wife. Can this older, wiser woman prevent another drowning? Co-winner of the Golden Bear and the Film Critics' Award at the 1993 Berlin Film Festival. Also released as Women from the Lake of Scented Souls. Mandarin with English subtitles. |
