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Bookmark this pageLove Will Tear Us Apart (1999)
Director: Yu Lik-Wai
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From Time Out Film Guide
Ace cinematographer Yu (Xiao Wu, Ordinary Heroes) has come up with the kind of debut feature that vindicates shoestring indie film-making. He focuses on the new underclass of recent immigrants to Hong Kong from Mainland China - the 'hicks' stuck in the sex industry or crappy menial jobs - but looks beyond sociology. Ah Ying (Wong, a recent graduate from drama college in Beijing) gives up karaoke bar work in China to try her luck in Hong Kong. Trapped in prostitution and shoplifting, she heads for a crack-up. Her path crosses those of porn tape vendor Ah Jian (Leung, from L'Amant, also the co-producer), ex-dancer and fantasist Ah Yan (Lü, from The Blue Kite) and elevator repairman Ah Chun (first-timer Chow). Yu's real subject is the masochistic resignation that keeps these people locked in their personal hells; he approaches it with unexpected wit and good humour.Author: TR
Cast & crew
Director: Yu Lik-Wai
Producer: Stanley Kwan, Tony Leung
Cast: Tony Leung Leung Ka-Fai, Wong Ning, Lü Liping, Rolf Chow full cast
Duration: 113 mins
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