Ang Lee's Masterpiece
Ang Lee, 2000, China, 120 mins, cert 12, in Chinese/Mandarin
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Thu 11 May 2023 // 19:30
/ Cinema
Tickets: £7/£5/£3/
Celebrate Michelle Yeoh and her historic Oscar win this year with her iconic role in Ang Lee's cinematic masterpiece which is coming to the Star & Shadow cinema this May, also starring legends of the wuxia genre, Chow Yun-fat, and Ziyi Zhang.
In early nineteenth-century China, in the waning years of the Qing dynasty, the renowned swordsman who yearns for enlightenment, Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun-fat), decides to give up his legendary Green Destiny sword: the sharp four-hundred-year-old blade of heroes. To mark the end of a blood-stained career, Li entrusts the renowned warrior, Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh), with the precious weapon to deliver it to Governor Yu; however, once there, an audacious and nimble masked thief manages to steal it. As Shu Lien is hot on the trail of the skilled burglar, unrequited loves; fervent passions; an unconquerable desire for freedom, and bitter loose ends stand in the way. Can Mu Bai shake off his violent past?