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Rouge, dir. Stanley Kwan, Hong Kong 1987, Cantonese with English subtitles, 96 min.
Celluloid Sunday
Cantopop superstars Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung star as doomed lovers in Stanley Kwan's stunning combination of melodrama and ghost story. Bridging past and present in its tragic romance between a humble courtesan and the wayward scion of a wealthy family, Kwan crafts a sensuous ghost story and an enduring elegy for both lost love and vanishing history.
Screening on a rare 35mm print from the ICA archive.
Cantopop superstars Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung star as doomed lovers in Stanley Kwan's stunning combination of melodrama and ghost story. Bridging past and present in its tragic romance between a humble courtesan and the wayward scion of a wealthy family, Kwan crafts a sensuous ghost story and an enduring elegy for both lost love and vanishing history.
Screening on a rare 35mm print from the ICA archive.
06:00 pm
Sun, 18 Feb 2024
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