Raise the Red Lantern

Director	Zhang Yimou
Year	1991
Country	China, Hong Kong
Runtime	2h 5m
Language	Mandarin In Mandarin with English subtitles
Format	DCP
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Synopsis

One of the defining works of Chinese cinema and a touchstone of ’90s international film, Zhang Yimou’s Academy Award®-nominated adaptation of Su Tong’s novella takes us over the high walls of Master Chen’s estate, where concubines vie for power, and one woman seeks to defy her fate. Gong Li stars in this sumptuous lesson in intrigue, “subtly exploring the politics of power and control” ( The New York Times ), full of “voluptuous physical beauty and angry passions” ( Chicago Tribune ). New 4K restoration.

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