Beauty Remains - A Film by Ann Hu (DVD)

[Mandarin with English Subtitles]

Set in 1948 against the backdrop of a turbulent China succumbing to communist rule, Beauty Remains is the story of two half sisters (Fei and Ying) bound together by the will of their late father, a legendary business entrepreneur, and their shared love for a charismatic ex-boxer, Huang. They are two women whose paths have been dictated by the often cruel decrees of the men in their lives - two women who must somehow transcend that influence and change their own fate...or lose everything.

Shot on location in China by American/Chinese director Ann Hu, Beauty Remains is at once sensually ripe and coldly formal delivering a compelling tale of Shakespearean drama with a rich oriental flair.