Winner of 9 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director, and 4 Golden Globes, this is the dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China from the celebrated director Bernardo Bertolucci ('The Conformist', 'Last Tango in Paris'). 'The Last Emperor' is a sweeping account of Pu Yi's tumultuous reign - from his lofty birth and brief rule over the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through to his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic. ★★★★★ "A remarkable cinematic achievement" - Natasha Aitken, Empire