Temptress Moon

Temptress Moon is a 1996 Chinese film directed by Chen Kaige. It was jointly produced by the Shanghai Film Studio and the Taipei-based Tomson Films. The film saw Chen reuniting with Leslie Cheung and Gong Li who had previously worked with him in his breakout international hit Farewell My Concubine.

Temptress Moon
Theatrical release poster
Traditional Chinese風月
Simplified Chinese风月
Hanyu PinyinFēng yuè
Directed byChen Kaige
Written by
Screenplay byShu Kei
Produced byHsu Feng
Sunday Sun
Tong Cunlin
Starring
CinematographyChristopher Doyle
Edited byPei Xiaonan
Music byZhao Jiping
Distributed byTomson (Hong Kong) Films Co., Ltd. (China)
Miramax Films (US)
Release date
  • May 14, 1996 (1996-05-14) (Cannes)
Running time
125 minutes
LanguageMandarin

Ye Zhaoyan's novel A Flower's Shade was believed to be the basis for the film, although Ye was not credited in the film.

Temptress Moon premiered at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival, where it was in competition for the Palme d'Or that eventually went to Mike Leigh's Secrets & Lies. Despite its international profile, the film was banned by state authorities in Mainland China.

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