The Banquet
The year is 907 AD and ruthless warlords are carving up the Chinese empire into bloody fiefdoms while the Imperial household lies paralyzed by internal corruption. The Emperor has been murdered by his brother and the Empress (Zhang Ziyi) is given mere minutes to make up her mind: will she die at the hands of the man who killed her husband or will she kiss his hand, still wet with the Emperor's blood, and become his wife? She chooses marriage and enters a deadly chess game with the paranoid Emperor. Things get worse when the Crown Prince (Daniel Wu) returns to the palace. Based on Shakespears Hamlet The Banquet is a dark and hypnotic tale of power and revenge.
Original title Ye yan
Year 2006
Director Xiaogang FENG
Screenplay SHENG Heyu
Cinematography ZHANG Li
Producer WANG Zhonglei
Cast ZHANG Ziyi , GE You, Daniel WU, ZHOU Xun, MA Jingwu, HUANG Xiaoming
Production Company Huayi Brothers Pictures, Media Asia Films
Runtime 2h 10m
Format ??? Print/Format ???
Links IMDb