Se, jie (2007)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.7/10   

Director:

Ang Lee

Escritores:

Eileen Chang (story)
James Schamus (screenplay)
(más)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

24 septiembre 2007 (Taiwan)

Género:

Drama | Romance | Suspenso | Guerra

Frase comercial:

To kill the enemy, she would have to capture his heart....and break her own.

Plot:

An espionage thriller set in WWII-era Shanghai, in which a young woman, Wang Jiazhi, gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr. Yee.

Plot Keywords:

Student | WWII | Game | Resistance | China

Premios:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 15 wins & 23 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A Rare Pure Cinematic Experience

Reparto

Tony Leung Chiu Wai	...	Mr. Yee
Wei Tang	...	Wong Chia Chi / Mak Tai Tai
Joan Chen	...	Yee Tai Tai
Lee-Hom Wang	...	Kuang Yu Min
Chung Hua Tou	...	Old Wu
Chih-ying Chu	...	Lai Shu Jin
Ying-hsien Kao	...	Huang Lei
Yue-Lin Ko	...	Liang Jun Sheng
Johnson Yuen	...	Auyang Ling Wen / Mr. Mak
Kar Lok Chin	...	Tsao
Su Yan	...	Ma Tai Tai
Saifei He	...	Hsiao Tai Tai
Ruhui Song	...	Wang's Aunt
Anupam Kher	...	Khalid Saiduddin
Liu Jie	...	Leung Tai Tai
Hui-Ling Wang	...	Liao Tai Tai
Akiko Takeshita	...	Japanese Tavern Boss Lady
Hayato Fujiki	...	Japanese Colonel Sato
Seto Masumi	...	Geisha in Japanese Tavern
Noriko Kohyama	...	Musician in Japanese Tavern (as Koyama Noriko)
Shayam Pathak	...	Jewelry Shopkeeper
Gu Zhang-Ping	...	Hong Kong Tailor
Gao Bo-Wen	...	Male Ping-Tan Singer
Yu Qun	...	Female Ping-Tan Singer
Yat-Tung Lau	...	HKU Theater Audience (as Lau Yat Tung)
Yu Lai Cheng	...	HKU Theater Audience (female)
Yuji Kojima	...	Japanese Commander Taicho
Mizogomi Yoko	...	Japanese Teacher
Minamikata Fumika	...	Japanese Tavern Waitress
Anys Fatnassi	...	New Kiessling Cafe Waiter
Tang Ya Jun	...	Tricycle Cab Waiter
Shi Hong	...	Woman at Police Line
Deng Wei	...	Prostitute in Brothel
Li Dou	...	Old Man at Bookstore
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Lisa Lu	...	Mahjong partner of Aunt
Jacob J Ziacan	...	Western student (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Ang Lee

Créditos del guión (en orden alfabético)
Eileen Chang		story
James Schamus		screenplay
Hui-Ling Wang		screenplay

Producida por
Lloyd Chao	....	associate producer
William Kong	....	producer
Ang Lee	....	producer
David Lee	....	co-producer
Er-Dong Liu	....	line producer
Zhong-lun Ren	....	executive producer
James Schamus	....	executive producer
Darren Shaw	....	executive producer
Dai Song	....	executive producer
Doris Tse	....	co-producer

Música original por
Alexandre Desplat

Fotografía por
Rodrigo Prieto

Montaje por
Tim Squyres

Casting
Rosanna Ng

Diseño de producción por
Lai Pan

Dirección artística
Kwok-wing Chong		(as Joel Chong)
Eric Lam
Sai-Wan Lau
Bill Lui
Alex Mok
Synderella Peng

Diseño de vestuario por
Lai Pan

Dirección de producción
Gerry Robert Byrne	....	post-production supervisor
Eric Fong	....	production manager
Chiu Wah Lee	....	production manager
Chi On Leung	....	assistant production manager
Yindy Leung	....	assistant production manager
Mei Fun Mok	....	assistant production manager
Shun Choi Ngai	....	assistant production manager
Wai Luen Pang	....	production manager
Connie Tam	....	assistant production manager

Ayudante de dirección
Tze Hung Lam	....	second assistant director
Rosanna Ng	....	first assistant director

Departamento de Arte
Sai Kit Wong	....	property master

Departamento de sonido
Leslie Bloom	....	foley artist
Marko A. Costanzo	....	foley artist
Chris Fielder	....	assistant sound editor
Mark Filip	....	sound effects editor
Eugene Gearty	....	sound re-recording mixer
Eugene Gearty	....	supervising sound editor
Frank Kern	....	supervising foley editor
Drew Kunin	....	sound mixer
George A. Lara	....	foley mixer
Jane McCulley	....	adr editor
Branka Mrkic	....	dialogue editor (as Branka Mrkic-Tana)
Jessica Parks	....	apprentice sound editor
Reuben Simon	....	sound editor
Wyatt Sprague	....	sound effects editor
Reilly Steele	....	sound re-recording mixer
Philip Stockton	....	supervising sound editor
Betty P. Teng	....	associate adr editor
Steven Visscher	....	foley editor

Visual Effects
Sarah Barber	....	visual effects coordinator: Mr. X Inc.
Aaron Barclay	....	compositing lead
Michael Becki	....	digital compositor
Barb Benoit	....	digital compositor
Dennis Berardi	....	senior visual effects producer: MR. X Inc.
Kristy Blackwell	....	digital compositor
Jeff Briant	....	visual effects production assistant: Mr X Inc.
Dan Carnegie	....	visual effects animator: Mr. X Inc.
Cyril Frederick Chu	....	digital artist
Ovidiu Cinazan	....	digital compositor
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
Rob Del Ciancio	....	digital compositor
Jeremy Dineen	....	visual effects animator
Anand Dorairaj	....	digital compositor
Jason Edwardh	....	tracking lead
David Fix	....	senior systems administrator: Mr. X Inc
Zachary J. Gans	....	visual effects production assistant: Mr. X Inc.
Matt Glover	....	visual effects production assistant
Omar Gudjonsson	....	digital compositor
Annu Gulati	....	digital compositor
Timo Huber	....	digital compositor
Dushyant Kashyap	....	digital effects artist
Miklos Kozary	....	digital compositor: Mr X. Inc.
Ken Lam	....	digital compositor
Mai-Ling Lee	....	digital artist
Shun Sing Edward Lee	....	senior digital compositor
Elliot Mallon	....	modeller
Jim Maxwell	....	matte painter: Mr. X Inc
Sarah McMurdo	....	visual effects producer: Mr. X Inc
Jaideep Mohan	....	digital compositor
Jesh Murthy	....	visual effects
Kevin Quatman	....	compositing lead: Mr. X Inc
Matt Ralph	....	digital effects artist
Dominic Remane	....	lighting lead
Chris Ross	....	digital effects scanning
Matt Schofield	....	matte painter: Mr. X Inc
Carolyn Shelby	....	digital effects artist
Ben Simons	....	senior technical supervisor
Danita Slaughter	....	digital opticals editor
Brendan Taylor	....	visual effects supervisor: Mr. X Inc
David Thompson	....	digital compositor
Jean Phillipe Traore	....	Flame artist
Michael Turoff	....	visual effects
Lisa Tutunjian	....	digital intermediate editor
Armando Velazquez	....	digital compositor
Brianne Wells	....	preliminary visual effects coordinator: Mr. X Inc
Fiona Campbell Westgate	....	senior visual effects producer: Mr. X Inc
Kyle Yoneda	....	effects animator
Wojciech Zielinski	....	CG supervisor: Mr.X Inc
Thomas Mathai	....	data manager (uncredited)
Mitch Paulson	....	digital colorist assist (uncredited)

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Edmond Chan	....	first assistant camera
Perry Ho	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Louis Jong	....	key grip
Tsoi Kubbie	....	assistant camera
Kenny Lam	....	first assistant camera
Man-Ching Ng	....	gaffer

Departamento de reparto
David H. Kramer	....	adr voice casting
Ronnie Shum	....	casting coordinator

Departamento de Edición
Kenny Becker	....	color timer
George Chavez	....	color timer
Lee Engelmann	....	color timer
Tom Engleman	....	color timer (as Tom Englemann)
Chris Hinton	....	color timer
Gary Levy	....	first assistant editor
Yvan Lucas	....	colorist: Efilm
Christian Prejza	....	digital intermediate producer
Tom Reiser	....	colorist assist: Efilm
Lisa Tutunjian	....	digital intermediate editor
Caleb Wisdorf	....	post-production coordinator

Departamento de Música
Jean-Pascal Beintus	....	orchestrator
Christine Bergren	....	music legal and clearance
Andrew Dudman	....	score mixer
Andrew Dudman	....	score recording engineer
Dan Lieberstein	....	music consultant
Jen Pray	....	music clearance

Otros miembros del equipo
Cheung Cheuk	....	production assistant
Tsz Cheung Cheung	....	making-of
Joyce Hsieh	....	production accountant
Wing Tai Lau	....	production assistant
Sherrie Liu	....	script supervisor
Heidi Ng	....	production assistant
Synderella Peng	....	title designer
Ronnie Shum	....	production assistant

Gracias
Rebecca Pan	....	special thanks: artistic contribution
Gustavo Santaolalla	....	special thanks

Compañías Productores

• Hai Sheng Film Production Company (co-production)
• Focus Features
• Haishang Films
• Mr. Yee Productions
• River Road Entertainment
• Sil-Metropole Organisation (in association with)

Distribuidores

• Buena Vista International (2007) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• EDKO Film (2007) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
• Focus Features (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• TOBIS Film (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2007-2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• CJ Entertainment (2007) (South Korea) (theatrical)
• A-Film Distribution (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Blue Sky Media (2007) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• Buena Vista International (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• D Productions (2007) (Turkey) (all media)
• Discovery Film & Video Distribution (2008) (Croatia) (all media)
• Distribution Company (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Europa Filmes (2009) (Brazil) (all media)
• Odeon (2007) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Paradise Group (2007) (Russia) (all media)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2008) (Finland) (all media)
• U.G.C. PH (2008) (France) (theatrical)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment
• Wise Policy (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)

Efectos especiales

• Mr. X

Otras Compañías

• C5  post-production sound facility
• Cinerent  equipment provided by
• DeLuxe Toronto  color
• Decca Records  soundtrack
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Donna Daniels Public Relations  publicity
• EFilm  digital intermediate
• Exact Cut  negative cutting
• Pivotal Post  editing equipment
• Post Factory NY  post-production facilities
• Sound One Corporation  post-production sound mixing
• Studio Davout  music recorded and mixed at
• Tai Fung (Tsu's) Co. Ltd.  film supplied by
• yU+Co.  main and end titles designed by

También conocida como:

Lust, Caution (USA)
Se jie (China: Mandarin title)
Crimen y lujuria (Argentina) [es]
Lujuria y traición (Mexico) [es]
Traición y lujuria (Peru) [es]

MPAA:

Rated NC-17 for some explicit sexuality; Rated R for strong sexual content and a scene of brutal violence (edited version).

Duración:

157 min | 148 min (edited version)

País:

USA | China | Taiwan | Hong Kong

Idioma:

Mandarin | Japonés | Inglés | Hindi | Shanghainese | Cantonés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

USA:NC-17 | Hong Kong:III | Singapore:NC-16 (edited version) | Taiwan:R-18 | Malaysia:18PL (cut) | South Korea:18 | Germany:16 | UK:18 | Australia:R | Philippines:R-18 | Ireland:18 | Netherlands:16 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (British Columbia/Ontario) | Canada:R (Alberta/Manitoba) | Norway:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Finland:K-15 | Italy:VM14 | Portugal:M/18 | France:-12 | Japan:R-18 | Sweden:15 | USA:R (heavily cut version) | Singapore:R21 (re-release) (uncut) | Argentina:18 | USA:TV-MA (TV rating) (uncut version) | New Zealand:R18 | Peru:18

Locaciones de Filmación:

Hong Kong, China

Compañía:

Hai Sheng Film Production Company

Trivialidades:

The rather explicit sex scenes were shot over 11 days on a closed set, with only the main camera and sound personnel present.

Errores:

Continuidad: The story ends with Mr. Yee and Wong picking up the ring just after the mahjong game from the opening scene. During this game one of the ladies mentions a ring with a gemstone as large as an egg. While choosing the gem for the ring earlier in the story Wong refers to this remark which clearly takes place later on in the story.

Conexiones de Película:

References Destry Rides Again (1939)

A Rare Pure Cinematic Experience

A wolfhound brings out what Ang Lee so called "amuck atmosphere." This might not necessarily be Eileen Chang's intention, but Lee achieved his practical "masterpiece" through expressing his feel for this short story.

Just right before the task seems about going to end, Wang Jiazhi memorized, from an innocent college girl to a highly skilled actress and patriot, this extremely dangerous ambition kept circling around her mind and couldn't possibly go away may because of her ideal of doing something big and important, may because of proving that she's not only a puppet, or may because of a man that she can't get him out of her head.

A terrific ensemble cast. Tang Wei, who played the soul of the film, transformed herself into the leading character successfully through an unfamiliar face to audiences and has the acting of unattached perfection just like Zhang Ziyi. Though she got set up to get involved with this role by Lee, the result shows that her efforts worth every second.

The best performance of Tony Leung by far, every look and movement is very precise. Though it's also postmodern and the same kind of costumes, the effect is totally different from the images in Wong Kar Wai movies. Even he has been through several villain characters, the devotion and outcome that he put in this role is never been seen before.

As for the controversial sex scenes that gather all the spotlights, they all take important places in the film just as Lee said. Even there's no sign of sex in Chang's story. Except the power demonstration of the leading male role, Mr. Yee, Wang learned to use her sex power, the abreaction from the huge frustration of both their occupations and the struggle and joy they soaked in the functioning sex. They could very likely be the perfect match for each other that they can never find another one in this lifetime.

The second-time Mexican cinematographer for Lee, Rodrigo Prieto, French musician Alexandre Desplat, the senior Korean designer Lai Pan, and Lee's longtime partner editor Tim Squyres. The global combination achieved the great technical support besides the compelling story and the feast of performances.

The funny part is Lee chose short stories back to back for his film. The time line of the previous one goes across over 20 years. As for the latter one is just an afternoon. Sure it seems like a story in a decade, but after all they are the flashbacks of the leading female role.

This movie definitely goes beyond the achievement of "Brokeback Mountain," which is already very brilliant. While showing the conflict of sense and sensibility, it also pays tribute to a bunch of classics and the master creators which reflect the mind of the roles and are inherited such as "Casablanca," "The Godfather," "Suspicion," "Penny Serenade," "Last Tango in Paris" and "In the Realm of the Senses." This is not only the best screen adaptation of Chang to date but also a must-see of all time.