Chinese films in Venice

Lust, Caution (2007)

A scene from Lust, Caution. [Photo/Mtime]

Director: Ang Lee

Lust, Caution, directed by world-renowned director Ang Lee, is based on the namesake novel written by Chinese author Eileen Chang in 1979. The story is set in Hong Kong in 1938 and Shanghai in 1942 when China was under Japanese occupation. A group of Chinese university students from Lingnan University plot to assassinate a high-ranking special agent (played by Tony Leung) of the puppet government through using an attractive young woman (played by Tang Wei) to seduce and trap him. Things get complicated when the two start develop feelings for each other all the while fully knowing their true identities.

Lust, Caution shot actress Tang Wei to fame, and won Ang Lee a second Golden Lion award, after his first one for Brokeback Mountain in 2005.

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