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This erotically charged epic from Oscar-winning director
Ang Lee is a brilliant look at how the best-laid plans of
freedom fighters during wartime can backfire, especially
when sex with the enemy is a fundamental part of their deadly
scheme.
Adapted from Eileen Chang's short story by Lee's Crouching
Tiger screenwriter Wang Hui-Ling, Lust, Caution follows
a powerful political figure (Tony Leung) in World War II-era,
Japanese-occupied Shanghai who enters into a dangerous game
of emotional intrigue with a young woman (Tang Wei).
The film has the look of some of the war-era films from
the 1950s but with the sumptuous cinematography that characterises
Lee's previous works.
Winner of The Golden Lion Award, Venice 2007
"The actors deserve
the highest praise... Lee is a true master, and his highly
suspenseful Lust, Caution casts a spell you won't want to
break"
Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
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