“Impressively wide-ranging… deeply moving”

“The impressively wide-ranging Jeanne Sakata plays Hua, in the most successful portrayal of a man by a woman I’ve seen since Linda Hunt portrayed Billy Kwan in THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY. It’s a deeply moving performance, and Sakata has all of the moves—from the nettled pique of a prima donna to the gentle delicacy of a court dancer to the poignant sadness of a deposed monarch.”

Los Angeles New Times