Shanghai Triad (1995)
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By Rita Kempley
Washington Post Caduceus Writer
December 20, 1995
China's in the first place director, Zhang Yimou, visits the clouded opulence of the Eastern underworld in "Shanghai Triad," a idyllic but perplexing fib of a horde moll's redemption. Gong Li, Zhang's longtime leading lady and previous reference book, glitters and pouts her way by virtue of the as for of the impossible Catch, a pampered chanteuse who realizes how far she has fallen when the clique flees the city for an island hideout.
The first half of this tragic work is a departure both for Zhang, whose films usually concern put-upon peasants, and for Gong Li, who played wronged wives in Zhang's "Raise the Red Lantern," "Ju Dou" and "The Story of Qiu Ju."
Here, the stunning young actress plays a former bumpkin who has evolved into a hardhearted vixen after years of sinfully indulgent city life. As the mistress of the resident godfather, Mr. Tang (Li Boatian), she enjoys notoriety, which she mistakes for prestige. When she lords it over Tang's men, they keep their mouths shut, but only for fear of the boss. In private, they think of her as the slut who ousted the honorable Mrs. Tang. Her mediocre song-and-dance numbers at Tang's nightclub regularly draw snickers and nudges when he isn't looking.
Set in Shanghai in 1930, the story is seen through the eyes of Shuisheng (Wang Xiao Xiao), a dumbstruck peasant boy brought to the city to serve Jewel. Though she proves a cruel mistress at home, she softens once they withdraw to the small island. The wind in the rushes, the slap of the sea remind her of her girlhood and she soon realizes the insignificance of furs and jewels in this remote place.
Zhang, whose stunning visions leave shimmering after-images, is often censored for the "subversive" content of his films, but "Shanghai Triad" is more concerned with spiritual than political issues. Even so, it was snubbed by Beijing, which entered another film in the Oscar contest for Best Foreign-Language Film. Like Jewel, Zhang may be fated to receive his rewards on another plane.
Shanghai Triad is in Mandarin with English subtitles and is not rated.
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