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THE SOONG SISTERS – Kitaro, Randy Miller
Original Review by Jonathan Broxton
Japanese composer and recording artist Kitaro’s second foray into the world of feature films, after the Golden Globe-winning Heaven & Earth, is The Soong Sisters, a Hong Kong-made drama following the lives of three siblings who live eventful lives while witnessing the modern social and economic evolution of the People’s Republic of China. Directed by Mabel Cheung, the film stars three actresses familiar to western audiences as the eponymous sisters: Maggie Cheung (Irma Vep), Michelle Yeoh (Tomorrow Never Dies) and Vivian Wu (The Pillow Book). Returning home after studying in America, the sisters arrive to find their country in constitutional upheaval. As the sisters each find husbands – one a wealthy industrialist, one a communist revolutionary, one a fiercely patriotic soldier – they find that their relationships are strained to breaking point as vastly differing political viewpoints and deeply-ingrained prejudices begin to surface. In many ways, the story of The Soong Sisters acts as a microcosm of the Chinese nation itself – torn between embracing the past and looking to the future, between the stifling confines of communism and the intimidating reality of democratic reform. Read more…
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