1941. Since the Japanese occupation, China has become a wartime intelligence battlefield for the Allies and the Axis Powers. Iconic actress Jean Yu returns to Shanghai, ostensibly to appear in the play “Saturday Fiction” directed by her former lover. But what is her true aim? To free her ex-husband? To gather intelligence for the Allied Forces? To work for her adoptive father? Or to escape from war with her lover? As she embarks on her mission, with friends ever more difficult to distinguish from undercover agents, as everything spirals out of control, Jean Yu starts to question whether to reveal what she has learned about in the imminent Pearl Harbor attack.
“Frenetic… Kinetic… A masterwork… A thriller of the highest order.” –Richard Brody, The New Yorker
Reviews
“A Hitchcockian thriller of identity and passion.” –Devika Girish, The New York Times
“Gong Li shines.” –David Ehrlich, Indiewire
“A spellbound, dreamlike impression.” –Zhuo-Ning Su, Awards Daily
Cast & Crew
DIRECTOR Lou Ye
SCREENPLAY Ma Yingli
PRODUCER Ma Yingli
CAST Gong Li Mark Chao Joe Odagiri Pascal Greggory