Flowers of Shanghai
Mar 23, 2015
(1998, 113 min, 35mm)
Please note screening locations!
Monday, March 23 at Northwest Film Forum with introduction by Sean Gilman
Thursday, March 26 at at the Grand Illusion Cinema
1884: In a brothel in Shanghai’s British area, four women build their lives, shut off from the outside world and surrounded by opium smoke, money and men. Acclaimed for its stunning 7-minute opening shot, sensuous cinematography and sophisticated construction of a microcosmic world, Flowers of Shanghai is based on a well-known 19th century Chinese novel.
“One of the most sublimely beautiful films I‘ve ever seen, and one of the most unbearably sad. To watch these characters break one another’s hearts, and then to have your own broken, is to experience something that the movies rarely grant us—perfection.” —Manohla Dargis, LA Weekly
Please note screening locations!
Monday, March 23 at Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Avenue—Buy Advance Tickets >
Thursday, March 26 at at the Grand Illusion Cinema, 1403 Northeast 50th Street—Buy Advance Tickets >
- Part of our series Also Like Life: The Films of Hou Hsiao-hsien—read more >