| The Bewitching Braid | |||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 大辮子的誘惑 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 大辫子的诱惑 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | The attraction of the big braid | ||||||||||
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| Portuguese name | |||||||||||
| Portuguese | A Trança Feiticeira | ||||||||||
The Bewitching Braid (Chinese: 大辮子的誘惑, Portuguese: A Trança Feiticeira) is a 1996 film directed by Cai Yuanyuan (蔡元元) and produced by Cai An'an (蔡安安 aka "Choi Unun"). It was the first film produced in Macau.
It is an adaptation of a novel written by Henrique de Senna Fernandes.
Plot
The film is about a relationship between a Macanese man and a Chinese woman. The story is set in the 1930s.
Creation and conception
The Cai brothers hoped to make a film that showcased the territory. The production company was jointly owned by the two brothers. The government of Macau, then Portuguese Macau, and the Government of China cooperated in making the film.
The budgeting of the film, shot in 1995, was for 8,000,000 Macau patacas, with 2,000,000 patacas of that used for distribution purposes.
Most of the filming locations were in Portuguese Macau and Zhuhai.
Cast
- Ricardo Carriço [pt] as Adozindo (Chinese: 阿多森杜; pinyin: Āduōsēndù)
- Ning Jing as A-Leng (Chinese: 阿玲; pinyin: Ā-líng)
- Manuel Cavaco [pt] as Adozindo's father
- Filomena Gonçalves [pt]
- Roberto Candeias as Florêncio (Chinese: 富羅倫席奧; pinyin: Fùluólúnxíào)
References
- Brookshaw, David (2000). "Imperial Diasporas and the Search for Authenticity. The Macanese Fiction of Henrique de Senna Fernandes". Lusotopie: Enjeux Contemporains dans les Espaces Lusophones. 7 (1): 271–282. - PDF
Notes
- ^ Sallum, Erika (1997-10-30). "'Trança' é filme de estréia de Macau". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-06-13.
- ^ "A "TRANÇA FEITICEIRA" ESTREIA NO DOMINGO". Jornal Tribuna de Macau (in Portuguese). 2016-07-14. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
- Brookshaw, "Imperial Diasporas and the Search for Authenticity," p. 279.
Further reading
- "電影：大辮子的誘惑" (in Chinese). Macau Film & Television Association. 2013-08-16. Archived from the original on 2016-03-27.
- Júlia (2007-12-24). "飞力奇：回味大辫子的诱惑". 机遇 (in Chinese). - Published on Sohu News
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