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
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.
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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