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Director:
Ang LeeCámara:
Rodrigo PrietoMúsica:
Alexandre DesplatReparto:
Tony Chiu-wai Leung, Joan Chen, Leehom Wang, Wei Tang, Anupam Kher, Akiko Takeshita, Yan Su, Hui-Ling Wang, Lisa Lu, Rodrigo Prieto, Jacqueline Zhu (más)Sinopsis(1)
Shanghai, 1942. La ciudad está ocupada por los japoneses. La Sra. Mak, una mujer sofisticada y adinerada, entra en un café, hace una llamada y se sienta a esperar. Recuerda... cómo empezó todo hace unos años, en la China de 1938. En realidad no se llama Sra. Mak, sino Wong Chia Chi. Un poco antes de la II Guerra Mundial su padre huyó a Inglaterra, dejándola en China. Era estudiante universitaria y conoció a Kuang Yu Min, que acababa de fundar una sociedad teatral para fomentar el patriotismo. Wong Chia Chi se convirtió en la primera actriz de la compañía y descubrió que era capaz de conmover al público y a Kuang. Este último convenció a un grupo de estudiantes para llevar a cabo un ambicioso plan para asesinar a un importante colaborador de los japoneses, el Sr. Yee. Asignó un papel a cada estudiante: Wong Chia Chi era la Sra. Mak, que debía ganarse la confianza de Yee haciéndose amiga de su mujer para acabar seduciéndolo. La joven se transformó interior y exteriormente para hacer su papel. Todo iba según lo previsto hasta que sucedió un acontecimiento inesperado... (Universal Pictures España)
(más)Reseñas (4)
Al salir del cine, tuve el impulso de calificar esta nueva entrega de Ang Lee con las palabras «una película sin sentimientos rodada con sentimiento». Pero Deseo, peligro no es una película sin sentimientos. Por otro lado, es demasiado madura emocionalmente para mostrar sentimientos. No te hará sentir ninguna simpatía o compasión por los personajes, y cuenta su historia de una manera deliberadamente impersonal. Impersonal, pero con la gracia de, probablemente, el director contemporáneo más perfeccionista. ¡Eres un genio cruel, Ang Lee!
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During World War Two, a bunch of rich Asian ladies gather in Shanghai to play Mah-jongg, expecting they will get through the war drinking rice wine, and that there is nothing but joy and happiness in store for them. But lo and behold, every now and then somebody defiles them, then somebody ropes them into something and trouble’s brewing. Ang Lee is a great director. He was probably the main reason why I decided to watch the movie. But I hadn’t expected that the story would be this boring.
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Not a bad movie, but I wasn't particularly impressed with it either – not even with the sex scenes. The only thing I found really interesting was the interaction between Wang and Ye, just purely between them, without the others. The rest of it could easily have been skipped; for me it was extraneous = the film was truly excessive in its running time. It didn't leave any deeper impression on me, I just watched it; it didn't particularly appeal to me, even though I love stories like this. I'd say the dubbing had something to do with it; I usually don’t have anything against it, but here it seemed heavily out of place. Maybe if I had seen it in the original I would have given it one more star.
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A strong mixture of many elements, nationalities, and customs. We have Shanghai in 1942 as a basis, but there are other locations as well, and it's not limited to a single year, which is good. And with four countries co-producing this body of work, and the added exotic bonus of the popular Indian actor Anupam Kher in a supporting role, there really is much to absorb. Including the soundtrack, which spared no expense with Marlene Dietrich's period piece. The sets, costumes, and the actual playing of mahjong are certainly a feast for the eyes... But what I do have a fundamental problem with is the depiction of sexuality and political theater.
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