Raise the Red Lantern
1991 · 125 MIN · IMDB 8.1 · 36,415 VOTES · DIR. Zhang Yimou
Overview
In 1920s China, nineteen-year-old Songlian becomes a concubine of a powerful lord and is forced to compete with his three wives for the privileges gained.
Dialogue Timeline — 917 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:52 Mother, stop!
00:12:11 Look up.
00:19:06 Serve the Master well.
00:21:58 ...you'll soon be running this household.
00:24:58 And wash the clothes I just took off while you're at it.
00:28:10 But why do we have to wait outside?
00:36:22 I must teach her a lesson.
00:42:02 No foot massages for a few days...
00:46:12 Me, play majong? What an idea!
00:49:01 ...and went to the second house.
00:54:21 Go, tell them to bring the food here.
00:59:10 Have I ever stolen anything?
01:04:17 Where is it? Give it back.
01:08:44 Third sister, what's so funny?
01:12:44 Light the lanterns at the second house!
01:17:52 Aunt Cao
01:22:21 "How happily they dance and sing in the sky!"
01:24:57 How is fourth sister?
01:29:50 Follow the old custom!
01:35:58 Isn't it better to hang yourself in that room?
01:39:25 Her family took the body back to the village.
01:43:00 And now you?
01:48:02 Did the Second Mistress say I told her?
02:00:32 She was our Fourth Mistress. She has gone mad.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed917
Dialogue density7.3 lines / min
First line00:00:52
Final line02:00:32
Production Record
DirectorZhang Yimou
LanguageChinese
Budget$1,000,000
Revenue$16,600,000
IMDb votes36,415