Newly Restored

SHANGHAI BLUES

Directed by Tsui Hark

Hong Kong, 1984, 1h 43min, DCP, In Mandarin and Cantonese with English subtitles

Newly Restored

AFS Cinema

6406 N I-35 Suite 3100 Austin, TX, 78752

Showtimes

Wed, Aug 6

Pricing

$13.50 evening / $11 matinee (available M-F for shows before 6 PM)

$4 discounts for AFS MAKE & WATCH members. Free for LOVE & Impact Circle members.

Discounts for AISD educators and local high school & college students are available at the box office with a valid school ID.

“It’s impossible not to be carried along by the delirious rush of silliness in this knockabout screwball comedy.”
—The Guardian

“It’s old-school Hollywood filmmaking — comparisons to Lubitsch or Paul Fejos’ LONESOME are not unwarranted — a bittersweet look at the lunacy of a world turned upside down by decades of war and chaos. Chang’s melancholy and soulful performance is the film’s heart, the core around which Yeh and Bee’s crazier antics swirl.”
—Mubi

In the chaos of war, a soldier and a young woman promise to reunite — but ten years later, fate plays tricks. Mistaken identities, romantic mix-ups, and screwball hijinks fill the screen in this dazzling tribute to classic comedies.

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