Empress Wu Zetian

Wu Ze Tian

China

1939

95 Min

Black and White

1.33:1

Mandarin

Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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CAST Bai Hong, Gu Lanjun, Han Langen, Huang Naishuang, Yin Xiucen, Zhang Zhizhi

Cannes (In competition)

Synopsis

Empress Wu rose to power after the decline of the Tang Dynasty and ruled at a time when women were still shackled by tradition and a patriarchal social structure. From 605 to 750 A.D., she founded the Zhou Dynasty. This film traces her reentry into the Imperial Palace as a favored concubine, her rise to power and her dalliances with her lovers, the Zhang brothers, who later conspire to remove her from the throne. —Cinema Epoch