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

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.

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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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