Ashes of Time Redux

• Official Selection, Cannes Film Festival
• This is my kind of kung fu film! A riot of fancy moves and obscure intrigues. Mannerist genre filmmaking at its most delirious and mystical, suggesting at times a weird cross between Sergio Leone and Josef von Sternberg - Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
• 4 STARS! A film for the ages. - Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
• Ravishing! See this one on a big screen! - Lisa Schwartzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
• A bold excursion into the realm of pure cinema! It also now seems like one of Mr. Wong’s most important! - Manohla Dargis, New York Times

The film is set in five parts, five seasons that are part of the Chinese almanac. The story takes place in the jianghu, the world of the martial arts. Ouyang Feng (Leslie Cheung) has lived in the western desert for some years. He left his home in White Camel Mountain when the woman he loved chose to marry his elder brother rather than him. Instead of seeking glory, he ends up as an agent. When people come to him with a wish to eliminate someone who has wronged them, he puts them in touch with a swordsman who can do the job.