The Past and Present of Pan Jinlian

This film (drama)Also known as潘金蓮之前世今生，is aHong Kong, ChinaProducerwomen sex，At1989Released in year 。The dialogue language isCantonese，Current Douban rating6.8(For reference only)。

The ancient first seductress Pan Jinlian (played by Wang Zuxian) had her body and head separated and her soul ventured to the underworld, yet she could not forget her desire for revenge. At the moment of crossing the Naihe Bridge, she overturned Meng Po's soup and jumped into the unknown of reincarnation. In this life, during the chaos of the Cultural Revolution, the ballet troupe's star, Shan Yulian (played by Wang Zuxian), suffers the brutal assault of the troupe leader and is sent to a rural shoe factory. Desiring a peaceful life, she is inevitably tormented by fate, destined to a life of constant upheaval. Moving from the mainland to Hong Kong, three men who appear in her life—Wu Long (played by Lin Junxian), Wu Ruda (played by Zeng Zhiwei), and Simon (played by Shan Liwen)—seem to be mere shadows of her past life. Will the tragic fate repeat itself? Will the drifting woman in modern times still walk the old path of a thousand years ago? Can the so-called revenge truly be fulfilled? What will become of the entangled loves and hates? Released in 1989, "The Past and Present of Pan Jinlian," adapted from the novel of the same name by Hong Kong's renowned writer Li Bihua, carefully continues the work's gorgeous and peculiar yet deeply incisive style while inevitably incorporating many commercial elements of Hong Kong films. However, while focusing on entertainment, it also puts emphasis on exploring human nature and the delicate psychology of women. The camera work is rich, the visuals are both illusory and real, and the interplay of images from two different time spaces enhances the emotional conveyance of the narrative. It’s worth watching.