Name: Last Empress, The
Genre: Drama, History
Released: TBA 2018

Last Empress, The (2018)

Genre

Drama, History

Release Date

TBA 2018

Studio

Seven Stars Film Studios

Information

Genre

Drama, History

Release Date

TBA 2018

MPAA Rating

Duration

089 minute(s)

Production Budget

Studio

Seven Stars Film Studios

Official Site

Cast and Crew

Director

Chen Jialin, Sun Qingguo

Producer

Yuxian Liu

Screenwriter

Shen Yuhe

Starring

Gong Li as Empress Cixi

Synopsis

The story of the extraordinary period of Empress Cixi's life and her complex relationships with Emperor Guang Xu and Imperial advisor American Costa, both of whom shared a desire to modernize China. Critically, as a result of tragic misunderstandings, bloodshed ended Guang Xu's 100 day reform, and China lost a chance of gaining a modern parliamentary monarch and hope of democracy at the time, which caused a period of violent revolutions. It was a turbulent era in modern Chinese history and the desperate fate of the characters, set within an ever-changing political landscape, creates a haunting and tense epic storyline.