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FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI (4K Restoration)
《海上花》4K經典修復

CLOSING NIGHT
NSW PREMIERE  新洲首映
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Directed by HOU Hsiao-Hsien 侯孝賢|1998|113 min|UNCL G

 

In Shanghainese and Cantonese with English subtitles
上海話及廣東話發音,英文字幕

 

HOU Hsiao-Hsien’s masterful period drama Flowers of Shanghai adapts The Sing-song Girls of Shanghai, a 19th-century Wu-language novel by Han Bangqing, later famously translated into Mandarin by literary icon Eileen Chang. Featuring a luminous cast at the height of their powers—including Tony LEUNG Chiu-wai, Michiko Hada, Michelle Reis, and Carina LAU—the film is a hypnotic, time-bending experience.

An intoxicating, atmospheric dream bathed in the golden glow of oil lamps and wreathed in an opium haze, Hou Hsiao-hsien’s gorgeous period reverie traces the romantic intrigue, jealousies, and tensions swirling around a late 19th century Shanghai brothel, where the courtesans live confined to a gilded cage, ensconced in opulent splendor yet forced to work to buy back their freedom.

Among the regular clients is the taciturn Master Wang (Tony LEUNG Chiu-wai), whose relationship with his longtime mistress (Michiko Hada) is ruined by a perceived act of betrayal. Composed in a procession of entrancing long takes, Flowers of Shanghai evokes a vanished world of decadence and cruelty, an insular universe where much of the dramatic action remains tantalizingly offscreen—even as its emotional fallout registers with quiet devastation.

侯孝賢的時代鉅作《海上花》,改編自晚清作家韓邦慶以吳語寫成的小說《海上花列傳》,後由文學大師張愛玲翻譯為中文,重新喚起世人的關注。電影集結了當時亞洲最耀眼的明星陣容,包括梁朝偉、羽田美智子、李嘉欣與劉嘉玲,共同譜出一場絕美又壓抑的時代戀歌。

全片瀰漫著油燈金黃的光暈與鴉片煙霧縈繞的氛圍,觀眾彷彿沉浸於十九世紀末的上海花樓之中。而那些棲身於富麗堂皇的名妓們,看似尊貴卻如籠中鳥,她們的世界奢靡而封閉,情愛交纏、競爭暗湧,卻又無聲無息。

梁朝偉飾演的王老爺,是花樓的常客,與羽田美智子飾演的舊情人,因一場誤會而關係決裂。侯孝賢以著名的長鏡頭美學,營造出極具儀式感的節奏與空間張力,將角色內心的波濤洶湧藏於幽深的畫面之中,情緒在對話與停頓間悄然流動,餘韻繚繞。

《海上花》是一場關於愛、權力與階級的視覺詩篇,是侯孝賢影像風格最極致的展現之一,也是一部難以忘懷的影史經典。

Awards & Festivals 獎項與影展


1998 Cannes Film Festival — Nominated for Palme d'Or 
第51屆 坎城影展 — 入圍金棕櫚獎提名


1998 Asia-Pacific Film Festival — Winner of Best Director and Best Art Direction
第43屆 亞太影展 — 最佳導演、藝術指導

1998 Golden Horse Awards — Winner of Best Art Direction and Jury Prize
第35屆 金馬獎 — 最佳美術設計、評審團大獎

1998 Cahiers du Cinéma Top 10
1998 法國電影筆記年度十大影片

SESSIONS 放映場次

MEL: SAT 2 AUG | 4:30 PM

PER: SUN 17 AUG | 2:00 PM

ADL: SUN 24 AUG | 1:00 PM

CBR: SUN 31 AUG | 1:00 PM

BNE: SUN 31 AUG | 1:00 PM

SYD: SAT 6 SEP | 5:00 PM

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