Director
Wayne Wang
Cast
Jeremy Irons, Gong Li, Maggie Cheung, Ruben Blades
Edition 1997
100'
-
1997
-
Drama, Romance
-
Dialogue:
English, Cantonese
Acclaimed director Wang returns to his native Hong Kong to tell the story of five star-crossed lovers just before the island’s take-over by China. There is John, a British journalist living in Hong Kong for the past 20 years, deeply and secretly in love with Vivian, a Chinese bar hostess turned night-club owner. There is Chang, Vivian’s lover and a rising figure among Hong Kong’s new power brokers. There is William, a wealthy young Englishman raised in the colony, and Jean, his Chinese girlfriend. Six months remain before the return of Hong Kong to Chinese rule. During this time of apprehension, excitement and fear, these five lives will become intimately intertwined in a passionate, exotic tale of joy, pain and self-discovery.
Image gallery
![260a5953 f16c 4a23 935a caed9d935ee9](https://filmfest.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.filmfestival.be%2Fvolumes%2Fgeneral%2F260a5953-f16c-4a23-935a-caed9d935ee9.jpg%3Fv%3D1711635388?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=clip&q=80&w=600&s=06f2c107ab83665dfa765595e68e5b8b)
![0c83649b 2e4b 4ef4 9138 5f3c9c9e0aca](https://filmfest.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.filmfestival.be%2Fvolumes%2Fgeneral%2F0c83649b-2e4b-4ef4-9138-5f3c9c9e0aca.jpg%3Fv%3D1711635388?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=clip&q=80&w=600&s=f40bca4f525697b24df760d56f8e1e9b)
![C73a6eec af5e 4c1f ba32 3e7af1749071](https://filmfest.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.filmfestival.be%2Fvolumes%2Fgeneral%2Fc73a6eec-af5e-4c1f-ba32-3e7af1749071.jpg%3Fv%3D1711635389?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=clip&q=80&w=600&s=372a191f243144a589d991c8191fdae2)
Credits
Directors
Wayne Wang
Cast
Jeremy Irons, Gong Li, Maggie Cheung, Ruben Blades
Scenario
Jean-Claude Carrière
Director of Photography
Vilko Filac
Editors
Christopher Tellefsen
Producers
Lydia Dean Pilcher, Jean-Louis Piel
More info
Dialogue
English, Cantonese
Countries of production
United States of America, Germany, France
Year
1997