1936 actors crash into 2009 Shanghai. Culture clash chaos ensues.
Shanghai, 2009. After four years of studying, a group of dance students are wished well by their teacher as they start rehearsals for their graduation performance. Meanwhile, 5 members of a 1936 Shanghai theatre troupe, lead by Master Liu, are transported into the present to broaden their horizons.
Direction
Stanley Kwan's genre-hopping audacity
Costume
1936 qipao vs 2009 streetwear warfare
Acting
Veterans devouring fish-out-of-water comedy
Director
Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Stanley Kwan spent years developing this passion project, his first comedy after decades of arthouse dramas.
The film satirizes China's rapid modernization by literally displacing its past—1936 Shanghai was cinema's golden age before war destroyed it.
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