A purely dramatic role, this is the story of 3 of the most famous women in the history of modern China.  One married Sun Yat-sen, the man who brought democracy to China, one married Chang Kai-shek, who was that country’s defender and who established the country of the Republic of China when he was driven out, and the other married a rich man who was the Minister of Finance for Sun.  When you see the movie, you’ll realize why they were so influential in recent Chinese history; in fact, a few weeks after I got to see this movie in a theater, there was a bit about Soong Mei-ling in the newspaper, the last of the sisters, who was in San Francisco at the time.  Really very well told.

Grade: B+