王颍（Wayne Wang）的《雪花秘扇》横跨19世纪初的中国和现代上海两个时空，讲述了两对女性的两段情感故事，她们之间深厚的情谊和爱恋是男人无法介入的。该片改编自邝丽莎（Lisa See）2005年的畅销小说，但与原书不同的是加入了现代角色。为使故事流畅，两对女性均由主演李冰冰和全智贤扮演。

Straddling early-19th-century China and modern Shanghai, Wayne Wang's 'Snow Flower and the Secret Fan' tells the story of two sets of women that share a deep bond, a love, that is impermeable to men. Adapted from the bestselling 2005 Lisa See novel, the film diverges from the book, adding the modernized cast of characters. In an attempt to streamline the stories, Li Bingbing and Gianna Jun, the stars of the film, play both sets of women.

Everett《雪花秘扇》剧照尽管影片严重偏离原小说，但邝丽莎说她认为经过验证的史实高于一切。在小说中，她花大量篇幅描述了裹小脚的详尽细节，从裹脚的方法到脚骨一个个断掉都有描写。作者想确保这些史实保留在电影中，并通过提出要求和阅读每个版本的剧本实现了这点法语翻译。

Although the film is a steep departure from the novel, See said she prioritized the historical facts ─ and getting them right ─ above all else. In the novel she goes to painstaking lengths to describe the intimate details of foot-binding, from the way the feet are wrapped to the bones breaking one by one in the foot. The author wanted to ensure facts like those weren't lost in the film and did so by requesting and reading each version of the script.

王颍最知名的作品是《曼哈顿女佣》（Maid in Manhattan）和由小说改编的电影《喜福会》（The Joy Luck Club）。他说，他通过加入当今的叙事将这部电影“现代化了”。他说，我总是想尊重原书，但现在的电影有太多的填鸭式内容，有太多的电影拍出来都是为了被轻松消耗的，我想让这部电影得到不同人群更完全的理解俄语翻译。

Wang, best known for 'Maid in Manhattan' and the film adaptation of 'The Joy Luck Club,' said he 'modernized' the film by adding the present-day narrative. 'I always wanted to be respectful of the book but there is too much spoon feeding in films today. Too many films are made to be consumed easily. I want this film to be more completely understood in multiple sittings,' said Wang.