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Flowers of Shanghai (1998)

Unrated (US) | Taiwan, Japan | Cantonese, Shanghainese | 113 min
Directed by: Hsiao-Hsien Hou
7.2

In Shanghai in the 1880s there are four elegant brothels (flower houses): each has an auntie (called madam), a courtesan in her prime, older servants, and maturing girls in training. The men gather around tables of food, playing drinking games. An opium pipe is at hand. The women live within dark-paneled walls. The atmosphere is stifling, as if Chekhov was in China. The melancholy Wang is Crimson's patron; will he leave her for the younger Jasmin? Emerald schemes to buy her freedom, aided by patron Luo. Pearl, an aging flower, schools the willful Jade, who thinks she has a marriage agreement with young master Zhu. Is she dreaming? Women fade, or connive, or despair.

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Palme d'Or

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Release Date
France
(Cannes Film Festival)
1998-05-20
South Korea
(Pusan International Film Festival)
1998-09
Canada
(Toronto International Film Festival)
1998-09-11
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Also Known As (A.K.A.)
Flowers of Shanghai
(Original title)
Las flores de Shanghai
Argentina
Flores de Xangai
Brazil
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Parent Guide
Sex & Nudity
None
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
Moderate