SPOTLIGHT on MAGGIE CHEUNG:
Irma Vep
(30th Anniversary Screenings)

Washed-up French director René Vidal (Jean-Pierre Léaud) hopes to turn his career around with an update of "Les Vampires," a silent-era masterpiece about a notorious ring of thieves, led by crafty female crook Irma Vep. René brings in Chinese star Maggie Cheung (Maggie Cheung) to play Vep, but unexpected roadblocks arise on the set. Maggie doesn't know French, she's pursued by obsessive lesbian crew member Zoe (Nathalie Richard) and her character's criminal ways begin to rub off on her.

Tickets for this film can be acquired in-person at the Box Office with loyalty cards or our Annual CinemaSF passes.

We’re honoring one of our all-time favorite actresses with a few choice selections from her genre-spanning oeuvre— with Police Story, Comrades: Almost a Love Story, and Days of Being Wild screening on Saturday, August 1st & Sunday August 2nd!