Shanghai, the Roaring Twenties
(Shanghai, les années folles)
上海，狂亂的二十年代
Synopsis
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A French documentary on the history of Shanghai in the 20s and the 30s naturally puts its emphasis on the French Concession. Du Yuesheng (1888-1951) was born in Pudong to become the godfather of the powerful Green Gang Triad, aka the Shanghai city boss, monopolizing the most profitable opium trade on the one hand and assisting the French police in maintaining a social order of sorts in the French Concession. The legend of Du Yuesheng represents the epitome of Shanghai as “Pearl/Paris of the Orient,” continuously fascinating the West. The shocking exposé written by Albert Londres (1884-1932) and his subsequent inexplicable death further adds mystique to the mesmerizing city.
電影簡介
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法國回顧上海二十年代與三十年代歷史的紀錄片自然把重心放在法租界，青幫大老杜月笙（1888-1951）如何從浦東孤兒崛起，成為一手壟斷鴉片貿易，另一手協助法國警力維持租界秩序的政商黑社會教父。杜月笙的海上傳奇也是上海成為「東方明珠／巴黎」魅惑西方的縮影。與杜月笙同時代、1922來到上海的法國記者Albert Londres（1884-1932）的調查報導與「意外」死亡更讓這段狂亂歷史增添神祕色彩。
