Monday 11 May 2026 19:00
languages : locations : Théâtre des Capucins
synopsis
In 1457, a group of wandering swordsmen converge at the Dragon Gate Inn near the northern Chinese border, where the imperial secret police lie in wait. A fierce battle of strategy and swordplay ensues, turning the inn into a battleground for justice and survival.
Dragon Inn is to the martial arts genre what Stagecoach is to the Western. Hu evokes an entire world in his awe-inspiring wide-angle camerawork and graceful, still-unpredictable action scenes.
RogerEbert.com
Like most action filmmakers, Hu gets little credit for his direction of actors. But in each of his films he finds in his cast’s idiosyncratic expressions, their artful containment and deployment of energy, a beautiful counterpoint to his own stylistic flourishes – a mortal dimension to ground his metaphysical flights.
Criterion Collection
