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The Wild, Wild Rose (1960)

The Wild, Wild Rose poster
Original title
野玫瑰之戀
Directed by
Wong Tin-lam
Genre
musical film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
2h 08m
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Hong Kong film based on the opera Carmen. A captivating woman becomes entangled in a destructive love triangle with two men. The story follows their passionate and ultimately tragic relationship.

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What happens

The Wild, Wild Rose (traditional Chinese: 野玫瑰之戀; simplified Chinese: 野玫瑰之恋; pinyin: yě méiguī zhī liàn; Wade–Giles: Yeh-mei-kui chih-lien; Jyutping: je5 mui4 gwai3 zi1 lyun2; lit. 'Romance of the Wild Rose') is a 1960 Hong Kong film directed by Wong Tin-lam. The plot and some of the songs are from the opera Carmen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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