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Double Bliss (1970)

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Original title
双喜临门
Directed by
Chun Kim
Genre
comedy
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 26m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two lovers from feuding families pretend to die to trick their parents into letting them marry. This is a Hong Kong adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet set in 1970.

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What happens

《双喜临门》()是1970年上映的一部香港電影,由秦剑执导的最後遺作,高林编剧,井莉等人出演,该作主要讲述的是一对恋人为了在一起而做出了一些事情的故事。该作根据莎士比亚的小说《罗密欧与朱丽叶》进行改编。 有一对儿恋人因为两家人的矛盾导致他们不能在一起,于是他们便决定用装死等方式来让家人们同意他们的恋情。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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