Love in a Fallen City (1984)

Original title

傾城之戀

Directed by

Ann Hui

Genre

drama film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 33m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Set in Hong Kong and Shanghai during World War II, a divorced woman enters a careful romance with a wealthy playboy. Their relationship changes as the war closes in around them.

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What happens

Christopher Hanson (Soldier).in Love in a Fallen City is a 1984 Hong Kong film directed by Ann Hui. It was adapted from the novella of the same name by Eileen Chang, and produced by Shaw Brothers Studio. The movie stars Chow Yun-fat and Cora Miao as the romantic leads. The film followed in the trail of Hui's critically acclaimed Vietnam film Boat People but was a much more modest commercial success. The movie earned HK$8,134,727., Ann Hui adapted another Eileen Chang novel thirteen years later in Eighteen Springs. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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