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Cantopop superstars Anita Mui Yim-fong and Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing display their iconic androgynous magnetism as doomed lovers in this emblematic film of Hong Kong’s Second New Wave, directed by pioneering queer melodrama master Stanley Kwan. Rouge bridges past and present in its tragic romance between a humble courtesan and the wayward scion of a wealthy family who embrace a death by suicide pact amid the opulent teahouses of 1930s Hong Kong. Fifty years later, the courtesan returns to the city-state to find her companionleung and Emily Chu Bo-yee) into her quest to rekindle a passion that may be as illusory as time itself. With its lush mise-en-scène and transcendently melancholy mood, this sensuous ghost story is an exquisite, enduringly resonant elegy for both lost love and vanishing history. Description courtesy of Janus Films. (Dir.: Stanley Kwan, Hong Kong, 1987, 96 min., DCP, Cantonese with English subtitles)
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Films are shown in the 300-seat Meyer Auditorium. Free tickets (up to four per person per film) can be reserved using the links below. Patrons may also register at the door if seats are still available.
