The Goddess - 8 p.m. 20/2 at Federation Square with Mindy Meng Wang

Celebrate Lunar New Year with The Goddess (1934), a landmark of Chinese silent cinema, brought to life with a new live score by the brilliant Mindy Meng Wang on the Guzheng and Burkhard Dallwitz.

This is a free event. The film tells the story of an unnamed woman, who lives as a streetwalker by night and devoted mother by day in order to get her young son an education amid social injustice in the streets of Shanghai, China. It stars Ruan Lingyu in one of her final roles, and was directed by Wu Yonggang

The Goddess, a review - https://nightfirehorse.wordpress.com/2022/06/26/🎥-filmic-postcard-deep-focus-on-the-silent-cinema-classic-the-goddess-神女/

Stefan - 0437777522