Bitter Sweet (1963)

Original title

為誰辛苦為誰忙

Directed by

Griffin Yueh Feng

Genre

drama

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 44m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

After their father dies, four siblings in Hong Kong end up in very different lives. One brother becomes a lawyer and looks down on his mother and other siblings for their lower status. When the youngest brother accidentally kills his brother-in-law, the lawyer brother becomes the prosecutor in the trial against his own sibling.

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What happens

《為誰辛苦為誰忙》（）是1963年邵氏出品的一部香港黑白家庭倫理文藝片，由岳楓執導，陳厚、丁寧、范麗、張沖及陳燕燕主演。本片榮獲第2屆金馬獎最佳編劇。 羅家有四名子女，大哥中衍（張沖 飾），二弟中衡（王沖 飾），三妹中娟（丁寧 飾），四弟中衛（陳厚 飾）。小時候的長子中衍十分孝順父母，在母親（陳燕燕 飾）生日時會帶領弟妹為母慶祝。可惜後來爸爸意外過世，家裡經濟環境轉差，他和三妹被表姑丈帶到身邊撫養成人，後來留學海外，中衍當上了律師，中娟嫁了有錢人。然而，二弟、四弟的命途卻迥然不同，二弟做教師，為了養妻活兒而奔波勞碌；受教育最少的四弟為送貨員；母親則在中衍外家親戚處當女傭。母親和弟弟的職業都受到中衍的歧視。一天，四弟中衛在夜總會因為幫姐姐中娟而意外打死了姐夫（麥基 飾），大哥中衍竟接受訴訟委託，以代表律師的身份控告自己的弟弟...... (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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