Shanghai Baby

Shanghai Baby

2007•1h 33m•5.5/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.5/10(6)

Coco leads an intense life in the lively subculture of the boomtown Shanghai. It revolves around endless nights spent in the Shanghai club and art scene, sex, literature and the writing of her first novel. Her life takes an unexpectedly complicated turn when she suddenly feels attracted to two very opposite men.

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Production

Aragon Production Company, Berengar Pfahl Film GmbH, Vhans Fillm Production

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Bai Ling

Bai Ling

Coco

Luke Goss

Luke Goss

Mark

Gregory Wong Chung-Yiu

Gregory Wong Chung-Yiu

Tian Tian

Katja Riemann

Katja Riemann

Eva

Seiko Matsuda

Seiko Matsuda

Madonna

Anya

Anya

Cheng Pei-Pei

Cheng Pei-Pei

Conny

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