1991-2000ArthouseAsianHsiao-hsien HouTaiwan
Hsiao-hsien Hou – Flowers of Shanghai AKA Hai shang hua (1998)
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Based on an 1894 novel by Han Ziyun, and starring Hong Kong film and recording star Tony Leung, Hou’s first film set outside of Taiwan takes place in the elegant brothels of late nineteenth-century Shanghai, a hermetic world with its own highly ritualized codes of behavior. It traces the destinies of the beautiful “flower girls”, whose lives depended on their ability to win, and then hold, the affections of their wealthy callers. A mesmerizing and seductive tale of sexual intrigue.
3.71GB | 1h 53mn | 1024×552 | mkv
Language(s):Shangainese, Cantonese
Subtitles:English, French, Chinese