Co-presented by New York Asian Film Festival and Film at Lincoln Center 

Director: Raymond Lee 
Cast: Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Maggie Cheung, Donnie Yen, Lau Shun, Yuen Cheung-yan 

Cantonese with English subtitles 
Hong Kong, 1992; 109 min 

Two of Hong Kong’s greatest actresses of all time, Maggie Cheung and Brigitte Lin (who famously took an arrow in the eye during the shoot) play bad-ass swordswomen who attempt to thwart Ming Dynasty eunuch Tsao (played by Donnie Yen in full supervillain form) as he masterminds a plot to take over the Empire. One of the first Hong Kong films to be shot in China, Tsui Hark’s swordplay extravaganza is the gold standard of 1990s wuxia: a madcap blend of female-powered gravity-defying acrobatics mixed with spaghetti western tropes: it’s no surprise that both Maggie Cheung and Brigitte Lin have since retired from the big screen. Because really, how do you top a movie like this? A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to catch this masterpiece of popular Asian cinema on the BIG screen. 

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