Synopsis: The friendship between two women working in a posh Shanghai brothel is tested by the tumult surrounding the Communist Revolution in 1949, when they are sent to separate re-education camps. Though their lives take separate paths--one revolts and takes refuge in a Buddhist monastery and the... The friendship between two women working in a posh Shanghai brothel is tested by the tumult surrounding the Communist Revolution in 1949, when they are sent to separate re-education camps. Though their lives take separate paths--one revolts and takes refuge in a Buddhist monastery and the other endures the life of a worker--the two are fated to meet again. Based on the novel by Su Tong, who also penned "Raise the Red Lantern." [More]