The Bewitching Braid
The Bewitching Braid is a 1996 film directed by Cai Yuanyuan and produced by Cai An'an. It was the first film produced in Macau.
It is an adaptation of a novel written by Henrique de Senna Fernandes.
Plot
The film is about a relationship between a Macanese man and a Chinese woman. The story is set in the 1930s Macau.Creation and conception
The Cai brothers hoped to make a film that showcased the territory. The production company was jointly owned by the two brothers. The government of Macau, then Portuguese Macau, and the Government of China cooperated in making the film.The budgeting of the film, shot in 1995, was for 8,000,000 Macau patacas, with 2,000,000 patacas of that used for distribution purposes.
Most of the filming locations were in Portuguese Macau and Zhuhai.