Le palanquin des larmes

The main quality of this production - the marital tribulations of a young girl from the Chinese bourgeoisie, jostled by the Maoist revolution - is also its main flaw.

Although production is of an acceptable quality, although the subtleties of traditional Chinese marriage are presented to us with subtlety and curiosity; the film lacks epic breath.

The whims of a child spoiled by his father, his marital setbacks, are not enough to receive attention. Above all, the underlying historical context is very lessened. The seizure of power by the Maoists is presented as a pleasure and the damage of the Cultural Revolution is strangely ignored. Certainly, not all the Chinese experienced the upheavals of the second half of the twentieth century with the same intensity, but what is being given here is still a little light.