The Opium War (1997)

Yapian zhanzheng

The Opium War is a 1997 Chinese historical epic film directed by Xie Jin.

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Historical Drama starting in 1839 in Guangzhou where British merchants dealing with opium are to be executed because the opium is destroying the Empire. After the burning of 20,000 boxes of opium by the Chinese England declares war, because the burned opium was the property of the British commercial attache who had bought it from the British merchants.Written by Marco Radke <radke@krypta.aball.de>

Narcotic (1933)

Narcotic

One night of bliss... A thousand nights of hell..!

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As the opening scroll tells us, Narcotic was "presented in the hope that the public may become aware of the terrific struggle to rid the world of drug addiction." The movie itself is a salacious plunge into a world of sordid pleasures. It tells us the story of Dr. William G. Davies, an infamous snake-oil salesman who started his career as a promising medical student. In the opening sequence he saves an unborn baby by performing a cesarean operation after the mother was killed in an automobile accident. Stock medical footage shows a woman's stomach being sliced open like a ripe watermelon and the baby popping out like a jack-in-a-box. But the allure of opium proves too strong for the doctor to resist. After a single night of relaxation in a Chinatown opium den, Davies becomes a slave to drugs. As his medical practice deteriorates, he shifts his attention to "selling medicine by demonstration." He says to his nurse/fiancee, "I can't see anything wrong if my preparation has merit." ... Written by Sujit R. Varma

House of Tolerance (2011) Trailer

L'Apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close)

House of Tolerance (French: L'Apollonide: Souvenirs de la maison close, also known as 

House of Pleasures), is 2011 French drama film directed by Bertrand Bonello,

starring Céline Sallette, Hafsia Herzi, Jasmine Trinca, Adèle Haenel,

 Alice Barnole, Iliana Zabeth and Noémie Lvovsky.

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Life in an elegant Parisian brothel in the early twentieth century. The madam essentially

 owns the women: their expenses exceed earnings, they are in debt. They face 

problems of pregnancy, opium, age, and violent clients. One reads sociology at 

her peril. Occasionally, a client talks of marriage. There are also friendships and 

affection among the women. The madam is in a dispute with her landlord and 

calls on influential clients to help. There's a picnic one summer day, a wake, 

and an evening in masks. Have they expectations? In a coda, we watch a

 street scene in contemporary Paris. 

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