‘The Soong Sisters:’ Inside an Influential Family

Three sisters marry important players during the period of the communist takeover of China.

(L–R) Soong Ai-ling (Michelle Yeoh), Soong Ching-ling (Maggie Cheung), and Soong May-ling (Vivian Wu), in “The Soong Sisters.” GJW+

G | 144m| Action, Drama, History | 1997

Imagine the Kardashian sisters without the cosmetic lines and reality TV shows. Instead, three Chinese sisters marry revolutionaries, bankers, and generals while China collapses and reforms itself every few years in the first half of the 20th century. That’s the framework within which the biopic “The Soong Sisters” works.