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Certificate 15

Cast John Lone Joan Chen Peter O'Toole

Directors Bernardo Bertolucci

Screenwriters Mark Peploe Bernardo Bertolucci

Running Time 162 minutes

The Last Emperor
Bertolucci's astoundingly beautiful and moving biopic of China's last Imperial ruler

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Plot
In 1908, three-year-old Pui Yi (Richard Yuu) is crowned Emperor of China. Three years later, China is declared a republic but within the Forbidden City life sticks to its traditional routine until new tutor from England (O'Toole) opens the boy's mind, which results in his experience of decadence and decline, sycophancy, betrayal, imprisonment and, briefly, inner peace.

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