The Chinese Botanist\'s Daughters torrent

Set in China in the 1980s or 1990s, the film tells the story of Li Ming, a young orphan of the Tangshan earthquake, who leaves to study at the home of a renowned botanist. A secretive man and commanding father, he lives on an island that he has transformed into a luxurious garden. Anxious to share this solitary life, his daughter, An, welcomes with joy the arrival of the female student. Soon their friendship develops into a sensual, but forbidden attraction. Incapable of separating themselves, Ming and An create a dangerous arrangement to be able to continue spending their lives together: Ming marries An\'s brother, who is a soldier and cannot bring his wife with him. However, An and Ming\'s relationship is discovered by the botanist who gets a heart attack when he finds out. Before he dies, he tells police that it was his daughter and daughter-in-law\'s homosexuality \"disease\" that killed him. Thus, An and Ming are sentenced to death by a court and executed.


Technical info:

3-title release!

Mandarin, Pinyin and English are hardcoded and shown at the same time.

Great for the student of the Chinese language.