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Bookmark this pageEighteen Springs (1997)
Director: Ann Hui
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From Time Out Film Guide
A sublime melodrama by Hong Kong's most highly respected female director, based on a novel by the late Eileen Chang (whose Red Rose, White Rose was filmed by Stanley Kwan). Set in Shanghai in the '30s, the film chronicles the heartbreaking love affair of two office workers (Leon Lai and Wu Chien-Lin) whose romance is doomed by the forces of social and sexual hypocrisy, and by Wu's sister Anita Mui's chilling act of betrayal. Visually lush and beautifully layered - Hui's use of retrospective voice-overs recalls Wong Kar-Wai - this is a lyrical, poignant souvenir.Author: TCh
Cast & crew
Director: Ann Hui
Producer: Raymond Wong, Leung Fung-Yee
Cast: Leon Lai, Wu Chien-Lien, Anita Mui, Ge You, Wang Lei, Annie Wu, Wang Zhiwen full cast
Duration: 126 mins
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