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The Flowers of Shanghai
October 14, 2023 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
$52 by Hou Hsiao-Hsien/ New Restoration!
An intoxicating, time-bending experience bathed in the golden glow of oil lamps and wreathed in an opium haze, Hou Hsiao-hsien’s gorgeous period reverie traces the romantic intrigue, jealousies, and tensions swirling around a late 19th century Shanghai brothel, where the courtesans live confined to a gilded cage, ensconced in opulent splendor yet forced to work to buy back their freedom.
(Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Taiwan, Shanghainese and Cantonese w/ Eng subs, 113min, 1998, DCP)
Cosponsored by the Chinese Program
Free for members (includes all UWM students). $5 for non-members. Memberships can be purchased at the Union Cinema.
