Léo Soesanto on Maggie Cheung's transnational stardom - YGA#11

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French film critic (at Libération and elsewhere) and festival programmer (including at the Semaine de la Critique, part of the Cannes Film Festival) Léo Soesanto talks to Manuela about Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung - a true transnational star who left her mark on arthouse cinema as well as on more mainstream movies. They discuss how she's often been willing to reveal her real self in her films, playing herself as well as her characters in both CENTER STAGE and IRMA VEP, and how iconic her performance (and her dresses) in Wong Kar-wai's IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE has become. Léo also shares his insight about cinephilia in France and how the Cannes Film Festival functions, and together they struggle to recall English expressions and occasionally break into French for your auditory pleasure.
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[@BigBargeot]

Very interesting video, thanks!

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Thanks for watching!

[@chiaweinam]

Maggie Cheung fan here

[@chiaweinam]

You should watch Comrades, Almost a Love Story (1996). It won best picture at the Seattle International Film Festival.

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