The Wild, Wild Rose

The Wild, Wild Rose
The Wild, Wild Rose
	Theatrical release poster
Traditional	野玫瑰之戀
Directed by	Wong Tin-lam
Written by	[zh]
Based on	Carmen; by Georges Bizet
Produced by	Chung Kai-man; [zh]; Ma Suk-yung
Starring	Grace Chang;
Cinematography	Wong Ming
Edited by	[zh]
Music by	Yao Min; Ryōichi Hattori
Production; company	Motion Picture & General Investment Co. Ltd.
Release dates	4 October 1960 (Hong Kong); ; 15 September 2005 (TIFF, Canada); ; 11 October 2007 (NYFF, United States);
Running time	128 minutes
Country	British Hong Kong
Language	Mandarin

The Wild, Wild Rose (traditional Chinese: 野玫瑰之戀; simplified Chinese: 野玫瑰之恋; pinyin: yě méiguī zhī liàn; Wade–Giles: Yeh-mei-kui chih-lien; lit. 'Romance of the Wild Rose') is a 1960 Hong Kong film directed by Wong Tin-lam. The plot and some of the songs are from the opera Carmen.^[2]

Cast and roles[]

Grace Chang as Deng Sijia, nicknamed "The Wild Rose"
as Liang Hanhua
Auyeung Sa-fay as Hanhua's Mother
as Old Wang
as Shao Xueli
as Fatty Lin
as Old Tian
as Old Wang's Wife
as Li Meimei
as Wu Suxin
as Sijia's Husband
as Xiao Liu

Music[]

All the lyrics written by [yue], all the songs performed by Grace Chang.

Song	Adaptation of	Music
卡門 ("Carmen")	"L'amour est un oiseau rebelle"	Sebastián Iradier
賭徒歌 ("Song of a Gambler")	"La donna è mobile"	Giuseppe Verdi
風流寡婦 ("The Dissolute Widow")	"The Merry Widow"	Franz Lehár
同情心 ("Sympathy")	Original music	Ryōichi Hattori
說不出的快活 ("Jajambo" or "Too Happy for Words")	Original music	Ryōichi Hattori
蝴蝶夫人 ("Madam Butterfly")	"Madama Butterfly"	Giacomo Puccini

Reception[]

Twenty-first Century Revival and International Recognition[]

The film was revived on the English language film festival circuit from 2005. Grace Chang's performance has been particularly praised, "irresistible in her interpretation of the Carmen role"^[3] and "a marvel, with a voice that’s playful and virtuosic and a personality that can be wickedly funny or heartbreaking at the flip of a switch".^[4]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "The Wild Wild Rose (1960): Release Info". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
^ "The Wild, Wild Rose". Melbourne International Film Festival. 2006. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
^ "The Wild, Wild Rose". Melbourne International Film Festival. 2006. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
^ "TIFF 2005: Days Seven and Eight". 2005. Retrieved 25 February 2021.

External links[]

The Wild, Wild Rose at IMDb
The Wild, Wild Rose at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase

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[IMDb-1] "The Wild Wild Rose (1960): Release Info". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 March 2020.

[2] "The Wild, Wild Rose". Melbourne International Film Festival. 2006. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

[3] "The Wild, Wild Rose". Melbourne International Film Festival. 2006. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

[4] "TIFF 2005: Days Seven and Eight". 2005. Retrieved 25 February 2021.

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