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A Soul Haunted by Painting (Chinese: 画魂; pinyin: huàhún) (also known as Soul of a Painter and Pan Yu Liang (Pan Yuliang), a Woman Painter) is a 1994 Chinese film starring Gong Li and directed by Huang Shuqin.
Aug 30, 1995 · A Soul Haunted by Painting: Directed by Shuqin Huang. With Gong Li, Fang-Tsen, Shichang Da, Tung-Shing Yee. A Chinese prostitute weds, studies painting, and becomes a renowned artist and professor in Paris.
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- Biography, Drama, Romance
- Shuqin Huang
- 1995-08-30
Jun 15, 2004 · The mesmerizing Gong Li stars in this true story of a Chinese painter, Pan Yuliang (Gong Li), whose work was celebrated in Paris yet rejected at home. At fifteen years old, she was sold into prostitution. Her life changes when she marries with a high official.
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- DVD
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Yu-liang leaves a brothel in a small Chinese town, to become the second wife of Mr. Pan. While Pan is away at the revolution in Yunnan, Yu-liang learns to paint and takes art classes at the Shanghai Art Institute, until it is closed for painting nudes.
A Chinese prostitute weds, studies painting, and becomes a renowned artist and professor in Paris. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Yu-liang leaves a brothel in a small Chinese town, to become the second wife of Mr. Pan.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Yu-liang leaves a brothel in a small Chinese town, to become the second wife of Mr. Pan. While Pan is away at the revolution in Yunnan, Yu-liang learns to paint and takes art classes at the Shanghai Art Institute, until it is closed for painting nudes.
Synopsis by Sandra Brennan. The rise of a Chinese painter Pan Yuliang (1899-1977) as she went from prostitute to famed artist in Paris is the focus of this Chinese biography. The film opens with then 12-year old Pan working in a brothel in a small rural town.
