''Shanghai Rumba'' is a 2006 Chinese romance drama film written and directed by Peng Xiaolian, starring the real-life couple

Yuan Quan Yuan Quan (, born 16 October 1977), also known as Yolanda Yuan, is a Chinese actress and singer. She graduated from the Central Academy of Drama where she majored in drama. Career Yuan starred in her first film '' Rhapsody of Spring'' (1998), ...

and Xia Yu (before their marriage in 2009). Set in 1940s

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, the story is loosely based on the real love story of film actors

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and

Huang Zongying Huang Zongying (; 13 July 192514 December 2020) was a Chinese actress and writer. She starred in many black-and-white films such as ''Rhapsody of Happiness'' (1947), ''Crows and Sparrows'' (1949), ''Women Side by Side'' (1949), and ''The Life o ...

, although names have been changed.

Plot

Wanyu (

), a young woman unhappily constrained by the rules of the traditional Chinese society, accidentally meets film star A Chuan ( Xia Yu) when she is offered a role in his film. Her life completely changes from that moment on. 　　

References

Faster Cha Cha for ''Shanghai Rumba''
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'', 2006-01-05

External links

Trailer w/ English subtitles
on

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* * Chinese drama films 2000s Chinese films Films directed by Peng Xiaolian {{2000s-China-film-stub