Lust, Caution

Lust, Caution: Ang Lee brings us a story of espionage set in Shanghai, China during WWII. A young troupe of radical college kids plot to assassinate Mr. Yee - a high level Chinese official who is collaborating with the Japanese. Their plan is to have one of their own, Wong Chia Chi aka Mrs. Mak befriend his wife and then befriend Yee himself. As the relationship between Mrs. Mak and Mr. Yee develops (and DOES IT develop), the line between good and evil becomes cloudier. The film does an excellent job of showing the spectrum of emotions that the characters feel for one another as well as the complexity of the human heart. If you are up for a good foreign film about spies that centers around a very untraditional love story which contains some very graphic sex scenes……give this beauty a spin.

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