The Third Generation

The Goddess 1934 is remade once again In this version Zhu Shilin tackles the anxiety concerning the clash of 20th century Chinese traditions and modern Western culture Despite her fathers strict discipline Fun still manages to have a boyfriend secretly and give birth to twins After leaving her son to her father she takes off with her daughter Twenty years later Fun has become a streetwalker The three generations finally come facetoface at the police station Her father laments that his generation should be ousted while Funs generation has been sacrificed leaving the future for the next generation to establish Zhu carefully depicts the shame of selling ones body without passing judgment while he finds balance and reflects on the pain in the age of progress Even though the production was far from lavish Zhus astute handling of the narrative and miseenscène makes this a vivid and exciting film to watch