The Banquet (2006)
- Original title
- 夜宴
- Directed by
- Feng Xiaogang
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Runtime
- 2h 11m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 125 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A royal court in 10th century China is torn apart by betrayal and revenge. A woman becomes queen after her husband is murdered by his brother, and her stepson plots to avenge his father's death.
melancholicvisually lushslow-burntragicintimateornatebroodingtenseoperatic
What happens
The Banquet (Chinese: 夜宴), released on DVD in the United States as Legend of the Black Scorpion, is a 2006 wuxia drama film. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, the film was directed by Feng Xiaogang and stars Zhang Ziyi, Ge You, Daniel Wu and Zhou Xun. It is a loose adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet set in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in 10th century China. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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