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Temptress Moon

1996 · 132 min

A sumptuous, languid plunge into doomed desire and decay, gorgeous to look at yet suffocating and sorrowful throughout.

Tagline
What the heart hides, the moon reveals.
Overview
A symphony of vivid, sumptuous, dreamy, luxuriant colors symbolically weaving webs around doomed, decadent characters.
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • betrayal
    • obsession
    • power
    • class
    • trauma
    Places
    • single country house
    • big city
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • nonlinear
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex strong
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror3
    Humour1
    Realism6
    Romance6
    Tension6
    Darkness8
    Complexity8
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, romance
    Directed by
    Chen Kaige
    Written by
    Shu Kei
    Starring
    Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing, Gong Li, Kevin Lin, He Saifei, Chang Shih, Liankun Lin, Ko Hsiang-Ting, Jie Zhou
    Music
    Zhao Jiping
    Cinematography
    Christopher Doyle
    Runtime
    132 min
    Country
    China, Hong Kong
    Languages
    Mandarin

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