Esprit d'amour (1983)

Original title

陰陽錯

Directed by

Ringo Lam

Genre

horror film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

15

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An insurance investigator investigates a young woman's death. He is then haunted by her ghost.

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What happens

Esprit d'amour is a 1983 Hong Kong supernatural romance film directed by Ringo Lam and starring Alan Tam, Shu-Chun Ni and Cecilia Yip. Shot in modern-day Hong Kong, the film centres on protagonist Koo Chi-Ming, a hapless insurance investigator who while investigating the death of a young woman begins being haunted by her spirit. Based on an original story by Raymond Wong, Esprit d'amour is credited as the very first film directed by Hong Kong director Ringo Lam better known for his later 1987 film City on Fire starring Chow Yun-fat. Released in Hong Kong on 15 December 1983, the film took in a total of HK$14.1 million at the box office and gained one nomination at the 1985 Hong Kong Film Awards. In 1998 Esprit d'amour was released on VHS in the United States and on DVD in 2005, a digitally remastered Hong Kong version was also released a few years later in mid-2008. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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