Lust, Caution

This really good film by Ang Lee tells a tale of 1940s occupied China and a small group of drama students naively attempting to contribute to the cause of the resistance. Complex in its portrayal of the two people whose lives intersect then join through their need for unrelenting control in order to survive, Lust, Caution has a million beautiful details from the sets to the performances. The ending is the opposite of the romantic films where love wins all; let go of reality for a dream - forget the need for absolute control - and this particular game is lost.

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