![]() ![]() ![]() The angel on his right shoulder is Du Fenyu (Zhang, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," "Memoirs of a Geisha"), the young widow of a humanitarian rebel. The devil on his left shoulder is the promiscuous Mo (Cheung), China's first female business tycoon - and his former lover. ![]() The playboy at the center is Xie Yifan (Korean heartthrob Jang Dong-kun the director, Jin-ho Hur, is also Korean). It certainly adds an extra layer of fun as the cruel sexual gamesmanship we're familiar with (through the many film and stage versions) plays out. The new Chinese adaptation of "Dangerous Liaisons" takes Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' 18th century source material to its most sumptuous silliness - I mean that as a compliment.Ī gorgeous, big-scale film, set in 1931 Shanghai, it provides juicy roles for China's Zhang Ziyi and Hong Kong's Cecilia Cheung Pak-chi - two stars who have weathered big sex scandals in real life, and you wonder if that led to their casting here. Starring Zhang Ziyi, Cecilia Cheung Pak-chi, Jang Dong-kun, Lisa Lu. ![]()
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