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Cannes Classics To Screen Tsui Hark’s ‘Shanghai Blues’ Restoration


A 4K restoration of Shanghai Blues by Hong Kong filmmaker Tsui Hark will screen in the Cannes Classics section at this year's festival.

A 4K restoration of Shanghai Blues by Hong Kong filmmaker Tsui Hark will screen in the Cannes Classics section to mark the film’s 40th anniversary since its 1984 premiere. Leading actress Sylvia Chang will be present at the screening in Cannes, where the Classics program is also celebrating its 20th year at the festival. Set in Shanghai in the year 1937, a soldier (Kenny Bee) crosses path with a young woman (Sylvia Chang) under a bridge during a Japanese air raid and they vow to meet after the war ends.

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