Between Tears and Laughter (1964)

Original title

故都春夢

Directed by

Doe Ching, Ho Meng Hua, Yueh Feng

Genre

drama film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

2h 17m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 4 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

A college student in 1930s Peking becomes involved with three different women. One is the daughter of a government official, another is a singer, and the third is a street performer.

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What happens

Between Tears and Laughter is a 1964 Hong Kong drama film directed by Lo Chen. Set in Republican-era Peking (Beiping), the story revolves around a college student (Kwan Shan) and three young women: a wealthy daughter of a government bureaucrat, a traditional singer in a band (both portrayed by Li Li-Hua) and a street kung-fu/acrobat performer (Ivy Ling Po). The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 37th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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