The Wild, Wild Rose () is a 1960 Hong Kong film directed by Wong Tin-lam. The plot and some of the songs are from the opera Carmen.
Cast and roles Grace Chang as Deng Sijia, nicknamed "The Wild Rose" Chang Yang as Liang Hanhua Auyeung Sa-fay as Hanhua's Mother Lui Tat as Old Wang Wong Loy as Shao Xueli Lau Yan-kap as Fatty Lin Ma Lik as Old Tian Ma Hsiao-nung as Old Wang's Wife Sum Wan as Li Meimei So Fung as Wu Suxin Tang Ti as Sijia's Husband Tien Ching as Xiao Liu
Music All the lyrics written by , all the songs performed by Grace Chang. SongAdaptation ofMusic ("Carmen") "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" Sebastián Iradier ("Song of a Gambler") "La donna è mobile" Giuseppe Verdi ("The Dissolute Widow") "The Merry Widow" Franz Lehár ("Sympathy") Original musicRyōichi Hattori ("Jajambo" or "Too Happy for Words") Original music Ryōichi Hattori ("Madam Butterfly") "Madama Butterfly" Giacomo Puccini
Reception
Twenty-first Century Revival and International Recognition
The film was revived on the English language film festival circuit from 2005. Grace Chang's performance has been particularly praised, "irresistible in her interpretation of the Carmen role" and "a marvel, with a voice that’s playful and virtuosic and a personality that can be wickedly funny or heartbreaking at the flip of a switch".
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