In Bernardo Bertolucci’s celebrated international epic, John Lone stars as Puyi, the final emperor of China prior to the turbulent years pre-WWII and the rise of Mao Zedong. THE LAST EMPEROR weaves stories from Puyi’s youth with those from his life after being ejected from Beijing in 1924. Sakamoto (along with fellow composers David Byrne and Cong Su) won the Academy Award for Best Original Score. 

In English, Mandarin, and Japanese with English subtitles

“Like Shakespeare’s Richard II, Bernardo Bertolucci’s lush epic The Last Emperor is, in a sense, a meditation on monarchy as a sumptuous swan song.” – Eleanor Ringel Cater, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Saturday’s 2:00 show is a double feature with the 5:15 screening of MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. LAWRENCE