Leslie Cheung

Histoires de fantômes chinois

Credits

Original title :

Sien lui yau wan

Country :

Hong Kong

Year :

1987

Director :

Ching Siu-tung

Version :

vostFR

Duration :

98 minutes

Format :

digital

Actors :

Leslie Cheung, Joey Wong, Wu Ma, Lau Siu-ming

Awards :

8 nominations and 4 wins, Golden Horse Awards 1987

synopsis

A Hong Kong cinema landmark and cult favourite in China, this is an unlikely but seamless blend of supernatural horror, slapstick comedy, martial arts and poetic romance. Leslie Cheung’s stars as a fragile, clean-cut, and deeply romantic scholar, defining a new archetype of vulnerable, empathetic masculinity in Asian cinema even as one of the film’s other main selling points is a gigantic demon tongue. Through Cheung’s performance, the film transforms a spooky folklore tale into a poignant, enduring exploration of tragic, star-crossed love.

Avec une esthétique envoûtante, faite de décors gothiques et d'effets spéciaux artisanaux, Ching Siu-tung tisse une passion suspendue au fil d'un conte hybride, admirable mélange de romance, de comédie horrifique et de film d'arts martiaux.

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