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The South Has Beauties
The South Has Beauties

You Xiaogang
Jiao Enjun, Chen Yirong, He Meitian, Weng Hong
2010
Mainland China
Completed
Mandarin Chinese
45 minutes
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This film (drama)Also known as南国有佳人,is aMainland ChinaProducerbeauty live,At2010Released in year
。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese,Current Douban rating6.0(For reference only)。
The lover by the pillow is suspected to be the father's murderer, and there are enmities between sisters born from the business world;
a contemporary rendition of the "Gone with the Wind" story set in Hong Kong;
the rise and fall of a glamorous family amidst the changing fortunes of the Pearl of the Orient!
This is the story of "Gone with the Wind" that takes place in Hong Kong.
In the 1960s and 70s, Chen Jialin, a descendant of a wealthy Shanghai merchant, is exceptionally intelligent. One night, she faces a family crisis; her parents pass away, and her sisters are separated. In order to save her father, she is left with an ambiguous fortune line that is hard to read, struggling to survive in the streets, constantly facing dangers, yet fate has never been kind to a woman who possesses both beauty and wit. Jialin endures the pursuit of her childhood sweetheart cousin, Xia Qiu, and the promises of the refined rich son, Zhang Shaowen, but never finds ordinary happiness.
When news suddenly comes from her lost younger sister, Jialin chooses to face reality and spares no effort to reunite her family. The emergence of tycoon Zhang Mobai provides her a shortcut, yet standing at a crossroads in life, she discovers that greater secrets await her ahead. To explore the reasons for her family's decline, Jialin does not hesitate to align herself with Zhang Mobai, leveraging her exceptional wisdom and effort to earn his trust. In a rapidly developing Hong Kong over the next decade, she assists him in expanding his influence and achieving great success.
After years of shared honor and disgrace, Jialin and Zhang Mobai's lives become tightly intertwined, while the truth of her family's decline becomes increasingly clear. Confronted with the revelations of truth, her heart grows more entangled and painful. On the other side of life, the sister Jialin carefully cares for cannot understand her struggles, choosing to fall into decadence; while the weak older sister is also caught in the conflict between the two families, almost turning against her, and familial bonds cannot be mended.
In the tumultuous tides of a great era, can a woman's painstaking pursuit along a tightrope ultimately lead to peace and happiness? Jialin cannot guess, but she will never let go...