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Au revoir, mon amour (1991)

Director: Tony Au

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From Time Out Film Guide

Tony Au's over-designed melodrama is a vehicle for Rouge star Anita Mui, set (like the much less interesting Kawashima Yoshiko) amid the Sino-Japanese conflicts of the 1930s. Here she plays a night-club singer torn between the Chinese guerrilla who once abandoned her and a humane Japanese officer. It's one of those movies in which the script's determination to provide a murder or explosion every few minutes allows no space for character development or emotional depth. The ending in post-war Japan is the only scene in the whole two hours that isn't numbingly obvious.

Author: TR 0000-00-00 00:00:00

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Cast & crew

Director: Tony Au

Producer: Leonard Ho

Cast: Anita Mui, Tony Leung, Hidekazu Akai full cast

Duration: 126 mins


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