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Flowers of Shanghai

Flowers of Shanghai

1998 · 113 min · ZH · NR · 7.0 (78 votes)
Dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien · Starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Michiko Hada, Carina Lau, Michele Reis, Jack Kao, Rebecca Pan · Music Yoshihiro Hanno
Drama

The lives of high-end prostitutes and their interactions with their clients in 4 brothels in fin de siècle Shanghai.

VIBE

A languid, dreamlike immersion into the gilded cage of Shanghai's pleasure quarters. Its hushed conversations and smoky atmosphere evoke a profound sense of beautiful, inescapable melancholy. A feast for the eyes and the soul.

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