Shanghai Triad
A deep, powerful and rivetingly complex study of Tienanmen.
Shanghai Triad
(Yao a Yao, Yao Dao Waipo Qiao)
Hired to be a servant to pampered nightclub singer and mob moll Xiao Jinbao (Gong Li), naive teenager Shuisheng is thrust into the glamorous and deadly demimonde of Shanghai’s crime syndicates. Over the course of seven days, Shuisheng observes mounting tensions as triad boss Tang begins to suspect traitors amongst his ranks and rivals for Xiao Jinbao’s affections. Zhang’s inventive take on the gangster film is “assured and attention-grabbing” (Variety) and Gong’s central performance, “a portrait of a capricious and indulgent woman who gains depth as we watch her -- is one of her finest” (Chicago Tribune).
Genre
Drama
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Runtime
108
Language
Mandarin
Director
Zhang Yimou
Cast
Gong Li
FEATURED REVIEW
David Ansen, Newsweek
In the international film world, few invitations are as prestigious as being selected as the opening-night film of the New York Film Festival. (Last year it was "Pulp Fiction.") When Zhang Yimou learned that his "Shanghai Triad" was the first Chinese movie ever picked for the opening slot, it was ...
Played at
Monica Film Center 1.02.05 - 1.17.05
Laemmle Virtual Cinema 7.03.20 - 7.16.20
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