Dream Lovers (1986)

Original title

夢中人

Directed by

Tony Au

Genre

fantasy film, romance film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

IIB

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A famous orchestra conductor has visions of a beautiful woman from a past life. He meets a woman who shares similar dreams of a lost lover from centuries ago. Together they consult a medium who reveals they are reincarnations of a murdered couple.

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What happens

Dream Lovers is a 1986 Hong Kong romantic fantasy film directed by Tony Au. The film stars Chow Yun-fat as Song Yu, a famous orchestra conductor who recently has visions of a beautiful woman and a Qin dynasty era terracotta statue. When Song visits the statues, he meets Cheung Yuet-heung (Brigitte Lin), who also has dreams of a long lost lover. but with her visions being more violent. The two meet with a medium who tells them that they are the reincarnations of a pair of lovers who were murdered hundreds of years earlier. Dream Lovers was Au's second film following 1983's Last Affair where he again worked with Chow. The film grossed over HK$7 million on its release and was nominated for four awards at the 6th Hong Kong Film Awards, where Law Wing-fai won the award for Best Original Film Score. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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