Blush (1995 film)

Blush
Simplified Chinese红粉
Traditional Chinese紅粉
Literal meaning"Blush" or "Rouge"
Hanyu PinyinHóngfěn
Directed byLi Shaohong
Written byNi Zhen
Novel:
Su Tong
Produced byChen Kunming
Yi Liu
Jimmy Tan
StarringWang Ji
He Saifei
Wang Zhiwen
CinematographyZeng Nianping
Edited byZhou Xinxia
Music byGuo Wenjing
Production
company
Beijing Film Studio
Distributed byUnited States:
First Run Features
Release date
  • 8 September 1995 (1995-09-08) (Toronto)
Running time
115 minutes
CountriesChina, British Hong Kong
LanguageMandarin

Blush (Chinese: 红粉) is a 1995 Chinese film about the experience of two women during China's campaign to re-educate prostitutes. Blush was directed by Li Shaohong and stars He Saifei, Wang Ji, and Wang Zhiwen. The film was a co-production between Hong Kong's Ocean Film and Beijing Film Studio. The film is based on the novel Petulia's Rouge Tin (in Chinese, named Hóngfěn) by the writer Su Tong. Blush won the Silver Bear for Outstanding Single Achievement at the 45th Berlin International Film Festival, and Golden Peacock (Best Film) at the 27th International Film Festival of India.