The Goddess

Wu Yonggang
Ruan Lingyu, Li Keng, Zhang Zhizhi, Tang Huaqiu
1934
Mainland China
Completed
No Dialogue
76 Minutes
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known as神女,is aMainland ChinaProducerwomen sex,At1934Released in year
。The dialogue language isNo Dialogue,Current Douban rating9.1(For reference only)。
In 1930s Shanghai, a poor woman (Ruan Lingyu) becomes a prostitute to support her son and unfortunately catches the attention of a gangster who takes control of her. She tries several times to escape his grasp but fails each time. As her son reaches the age for school, she doesn't want him to lose the chance of an education due to their lack of money, so she continues to sell her body for income. To do this, she secretly saves some money from her limited earnings, keeping it hidden from the gangster. Her identity is discovered by the parents of her son's classmates, and they team up to pressure the school to expel "the prostitute's child" to avoid damaging the school's reputation. After visiting her home, the principal learns of the woman's struggles and decides to let her son stay in school. However, the power of one person is too weak, and the school board still decides to expel him. In order to ensure her child can continue his education, the woman goes to retrieve her hard-earned savings to prepare for a move to another place, only to find that the gangster has stolen her money and lost it all to gambling...