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The Bewitching Braid

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The Bewitching Braid
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese大辮子的誘惑
Simplified Chinese大辫子的诱惑
Literal meaningThe attraction of the big braid
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDà Biànzi de Yòuhuò
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingdaai6 bin1 zi2 dik1 jau5 waak6
Portuguese name
PortugueseA Trança Feiticeira

The Bewitching Braid (Chinese: 大辮子的誘惑, Portuguese: A Trança Feiticeira) is a 1996 film directed by Cai Yuanyuan (蔡元元) and produced by Cai An'an (蔡安安 aka "Choi Unun"). It was the first film produced in Macau.[1]

It is an adaptation of a novel written by Henrique de Senna Fernandes.[2]

Plot

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The film is about a relationship between a Macanese man and a Chinese woman. The story is set in the 1930s.

Creation and conception

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The Cai brothers hoped to make a film that showcased the territory. The production company was jointly owned by the two brothers.[1] The government of Macau, then Portuguese Macau, and the Government of China cooperated in making the film.[3]

The budgeting of the film, shot in 1995, was for 8,000,000 Macau patacas, with 2,000,000 patacas of that used for distribution purposes.[2]

Most of the filming locations were in Portuguese Macau and Zhuhai.[2]

Cast

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References

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  • Brookshaw, David (2000). "Imperial Diasporas and the Search for Authenticity. The Macanese Fiction of Henrique de Senna Fernandes". Lusotopie: Enjeux Contemporains dans les Espaces Lusophones. 7 (1): 271–282. - PDF

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Sallum, Erika (1997-10-30). "'Trança' é filme de estréia de Macau". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-06-13.
  2. ^ a b c "A "TRANÇA FEITICEIRA" ESTREIA NO DOMINGO". Jornal Tribuna de Macau (in Portuguese). 2016-07-14. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  3. ^ Brookshaw, "Imperial Diasporas and the Search for Authenticity," p. 279.

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