In 1913, an orphan girl boards a steamship bound for Wuhu in South East China. Left in the hands of her soft-hearted but opium-addicted uncle she is delivered to The Hall of Eternal Splendour which, with its painted faces and troubling cries in the night, seems destined to break her spirit. And yet [...]

Down the muddy waters of the Yangtze River, through the raucous glamour of prewar Shanghai and the bohemian splendor of 1920s Paris, and back to a China teetering on the brink of revolution: this is the epic story of Pan Yuliang, one of the most talented--and provocative--Chinese artists of the twen[...]

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Maleren fra Shanghai forteller den utrolige historien om den kinesiske kunstmaleren Pan Yuliangs vei fra et liv som prostituert til feiret og kontroversiell kunstner i Shanghai og Paris.

Xiuqing er fjorten år den dagen onkelen selger henne til H[...]