To celebrate the release of Wayne Wang’s ‘Snowflower And The Secret Fan’ this Friday, we are delighted to offer you, our dear MovieVortex readers, the chance to win one of three copies of the bestselling novel on which the film is based.
The film, and Lisa See’s bestseller, tracks seven-year-old girls Snow Flower and Lily in 19th-century China. The pair are matched as “old sames” – bound together for eternity. Isolated by their families, they furtively communicate by taking turns writing in a secret language, nu shu, between the folds of a white silk fan.
In a parallel story in present day Shanghai, the laotong’s descendants, Nina and Sophia, struggle to maintain the intimacy of their own childhood friendship in the face of demanding careers, complicated love lives, and a relentlessly evolving Shanghai. Drawing on the lessons of the past, the two modern women must understand the story of their ancestral connection, hidden from them in the folds of the antique white silk fan, or risk losing one another forever.
What unfolds are two stories, generations apart, but everlasting in their universal notion of love, hope and friendship.
For a chance of winning one of the books, simply answer the following question:
What Chinese word meaning ‘old sames’ is the term for the lifelong friendship entered by the main characters?
a) Laotong
b) Dim Sum
c) Kung Fu
Answers should be tweeted to @movievortex, sent to us on our facebook page (find us by searching “MovieVortex”) or, if you must, emailed to [email protected]
The competition is open to UK entrants only and will close at on 10th November 2011.