Lust, Caution / Se, Jie

This international screening is one of Ang Lee's best works.. Sure, he's being sued about some issues.. But the direction of the film is superb.. The movie is set in the World War 2 era, in Shanghai.. The starting scene shows Wang JiaZhi (Tang Wei) in a cafe and used the phone for a phone call. Then it turns back to her the past and what brought her to where she is at that moment. It flashes back to a bunch of theatrical students wanted to do something as they didn't agree with what was going on, and this is a story of their attempts.. The first attempt, where Wang JiaZhi had to seduce the political figure that they want to bring down, Mr. Yee (Tony Leung). She needed to lose her virginity in order to make herself more believable as she played Mrs. Mak, a wife of an import and export business man. And she befriended Mrs. Yee (Joan Chen) and Mrs. Yee soon taking liking to JiaZhi. So anyway, their first attempt was good, but it wasn't successful. Then slowly, they fell apart after this incident. After a few years, Yu-Min (Wang LeeHom) who was one of the students with her in that incident found her and offered the same mission again, but with support from a rebellion group. She decided to join them back as they promised to send her to London where her father is. But soon, when she and Mr. Yee started their affair.. She soon falls for Mr. Yee.. and the integrity of the mission was compromised.. I'm not going to tell you the ending.. it's a must watch.. Everything from the directing to the props are really fantastic..

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Part 1

Part 2