• Sunday, Nov 2, 2025

    3 PM (158 mins)
    BAMPFA

    SOLD OUT

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Lust, Caution

(Se, jie)

Ang Lee
Taiwan, United States, Hong Kong, China, 2007
featuring

Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Tang Wei, Joan Chen, Wang Leehom,

With Lust, Caution, Ang Lee summons the perilous worlds of sexual obsession and political resistance, set against the beguiling backdrop of a 1940s Shanghai steeped in seductive memory. It is the time of the Japanese occupation, and after failed attempts at assassinating an imperious official (Tony Leung Chiu-wai), a beautiful new killer is recruited. Based on a short story by much-admired Chinese novelist Eileen Chang and drenched in the softening hues of the period, Lee’s lush re-creation of Shanghai throws caution to the wind and delves deeply into the consuming throes of sexual passion, further amplified by the dangers of deception.

Steve Seid
FILM DETAILS 

Screenwriter

  • James Schamus
  • Wang Hui-Ling

Based On

  • a story by Eileen Chang

Cinematographer

  • Rodrigo Prieto

Language

  • Mandarin
  • Japanese
  • English
  • Shanghainese
  • Hindi
  • Cantonese
  • with English subtitles

Print Info

  • Color
  • 35mm
  • 158 mins

Source

  • Universal Pictures

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