8 December 2012, 4:00pm – 6:15pm
Asia Society and Museum
725 Park Avenue (at East 70 Street)
New York, NY 10021
Center Stage 阮玲玉
Dir. Stanley KWAN 关锦鹏. 1992. Hong Kong. Color. 126 min. 35mm. With English subtitles.
Featuring Maggie CHEUNG 张曼玉.
The life, death, love, and pain of Chinese silent cinema starlet Ruan Lingyu (The Goddess, New Women—both in this series) are brought to life in this biopic featuring an unflinching performance by Maggie Cheung, another all-time screen sensation. Ruan, called the “Chinese Greta Garbo,” enjoyed a glorious career but was so troubled by the tabloids’ reporting of her love life that she committed suicide at the age of 25.
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