Lover of the Last Empress

The story of an innocent girl who is destined to become one of the emperor´s concubines. Initially she suffers from a loss of innocence and the intrigues of the other concubines but over the course of time she becomes less and less scrupulous and finally is impregnated by the emperor and thus becomes his wife - the empress of China. However, her "career" has corrupted her once innocent soul and so, after the emperor dies she rules the land with terror.

Director: Andrew Lau Wai-Keung

Cast: Chingmy Yau Suk-Ching, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Valerie Chow, Yu Rongguang, Yvonne Yung Hung, Kingdom Yuen King-Tan, Power Chan Kwok-Pong, Ku Feng

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.