Odyssey Film Fest: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Possibly the most iconic period martial arts film in history, the highest grossed Chinese-language film in the UK all time, winner for the Best Foreign Language Film of both the BAFTAs and the Academy Awards.
A young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.
Screening as part of the ‘Classics’ section at Odyssey 2025, a film festival. The curatorial theme for its 5th edition is #Sports.
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A young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.
Screening as part of the ‘Classics’ section at Odyssey 2025, a film festival. The curatorial theme for its 5th edition is #Sports.
odysseychinesecinema.uk | @odysseyccs
Cast
Michelle Yeoh • Ziyi Zhang • Chen Chang • Pei-pei Cheng • Chow Yun-Fat
Director
Ang Lee
Running Time
120 minutes