It is about a Chinese princess whose suitors are beheaded if they fail to solve a tricky riddle she has chosen to avoid marriage..
Should you watch Turandot, princesse de Chine? If you have a soft spot for dusty, stagey melodrama from another era, absolutely. If you need pacing faster than a tortoise on a coffee break, stay away. This is for the folks who like their cinema to feel like a dusty book pulled off a library shelf. The whole thing hing...
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"Should you watch Turandot, princesse de Chine? If you have a soft spot for dusty, stagey melodrama from another era, absolutely. If you need pacing faster than a tortoise on a coffee break, stay away. This is for the folks who like their cinema to feel like a dusty book pulled off a library shelf. The whole thing hinges on a princess who just really, really doesn't want to get married. She makes these guys solve riddles, and if they get it wrong—snip—they lose their heads. It’s a bit extreme, e..."
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