If you loved L'Impératrice rouge, try Shanghaï Express
Un pont entre un film que tu as déjà vu et un que peu de gens ont croisé. Voici ce qu'ils partagent, et ce que le second fait que le premier ne fait pas.
Ce qu'ils partagent
Both films are directed by Josef von Sternberg, and they both carry the outsider mood tag, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to L'Impératrice rouge, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Shanghaï Express is
The Shanghai Express dares to ask: can you find love on a train in wartime? Passengers on the titular train from Peking to Shanghai find themselves caught in the middle of the Chinese Civil War. It's a credit to the film that everyone seems so glamorous despite the circumstances.
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