The Infernal Affairs Trilogy (restored)

Hong Kong/2002-2003—directed by Andrew Lau Wai-keung and Alan Mak

The Hong Kong crime drama was jolted to new life with the Infernal Affairs trilogy, a bracing, explosively stylish triumph that introduced a dazzling level of narrative and thematic complexity to the genre with its saga of two rival moles—played by superstars Tony Leung Chiu-wai (In the Mood for Love) and Andy Lau Tak-wah (House of Flying Daggers)—who navigate slippery moral choices as they move between the intersecting territories of Hong Kong’s police force and its criminal underworld.

Set during the city-state’s handover from Britain to China and steeped in Buddhist philosophy, these ingeniously crafted tales of self-deception and betrayal mirror Hong Kong’s own fractured identity in a post-colonial purgatory.

Each film in the trilogy will be shown separately over the course of the weekend.

Martin Scorsese’s 2006 remake, The Departed, won four Academy Awards® including Best Picture, Director and Screenplay – the first time in cinema history that Hollywood remade a Hong Kong film. Don’t miss this opportunity to see the fully restored, original Infernal Affairs trilogy on the big screen. In Cantonese with English subtitles.

“Combines exhilarating action with liquid-nitrogen existential cool.” –Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian (UK)