Green Snake

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    Date

    Friday, June 27, 2025
    7:00 pm–8:45 pm

    Location

    Freer Gallery of Art
    Meyer Auditorium

Description

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In this psychedelic fantasia from the great Tsui Hark, two snake goddesses take on human form, and one falls in love with a man. But their love is threatened by a vengeful Buddhist monk with supernatural powers. Green Snake is based on the novel by Lilian Lee, itself a postmodern feminist spin on the Chinese folktale “The Legend of the White Snake.“ Tsui’s film is propelled by dazzling, colorful, and hallucinatory imagery, generous doses of humor and action, and an unforgettably seductive performance by Maggie Cheung in the title role.

(Dir.: Tsui Hark, Hong Kong, 1993, 99 min., DCP, Mandarin with English subtitles)


Image courtesy of Seasonal Film Corporation

Cost

Free. Register in advance (recommended)

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Accessibility & Accommodations

Assisted listening devices, Captioning, Wheelchair accessible

Topics

After Five, Films

Event Series

Love, Hong Kong Style