nahender I love Pearl S. Buck and her book The Good Earth is one of my favorites.She really has a way of connecting the reader to her characters. In "Pavilion" I felt the same way. The director did a wonderful job of bringing Buck's characters to life. The casting was great and I was so attached to them I didn't want the movie to end. the cinematography of Pre-war china was beautiful without overpowering the story. It has been a long time since a movie moved me like this one did. The love that was between Madame Wu and Andre was beautiful and pure. I cried like a baby at the end.I can only hope that I too will one day find love like that.

cotu Somehow I always feel that Willem Dafoe and the films he starrs in are drastically underrated. It is also the case for this exceptional movie set in pre-comunist China. A simple, touching story about tradition and the constrains that it sometimes brings. The plot outline is simple. When Ailin turns 40, she decides it is time to retire from her husband's bed, the rich Mr. Wu. In order to do so, she finds a second wife, a woman that would take her place and pleasure the oral-sex-obsessed Mr. Wu. But the young new wife has trouble adapting to her role and the old pervert is not satisfied with her. Meanwhile, Ailin befriends her son's teacher, an American priest named Andre (Willem Dafoe). From here on, the story develops in various directions but I don't want to spoil it for you.Very good acting and directing on a classical subject.

gt-14 Anyone who liked Zhang Yimou's "Raise The Red Lantern" is a prospect for "Pavilion Of Women". Whereas "Raise The Red Lantern" explores the breaking of merely Chinese cultural taboos, "Pavilion Of Women" centres on a romance between leading characters who flout both Chinese and Western mores. This is a cross-cultural romantic story by the prolific American writer on China, Pearl S. Buck, set in the late 1930s. It has first class cross-cultural direction and acting, and was filmed on location in elegant settings of old Suzhou. It is a fine example of what the Chinese film industry can achieve in co-production.

jean-70 Movie was interesting,exciting, and well acted, an excellent take on Pearl Buck's book. It elicited some sadness, but also some happiness and hope. I enjoyed the movie and found it interesting the way that the Director was able to portray the time frame in China by use of the background scenes. Also gave good insight into China's previous culture, and political environment.