An Autumn's Tale (1987)

Original title

秋天的童話

Directed by

Mabel Cheung

Genre

romantic drama film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

IIA

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 59 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman from Hong Kong moves to New York City for her studies and to reunite with her boyfriend. There she meets a distant relative who runs a small business and they form an unexpected bond.

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What happens

An Autumn's Tale is a 1987 Hong Kong romantic drama film set in New York City starring Chow Yun-fat, Cherie Chung, and Danny Chan. The film is the second entry in Mabel Cheung's "migration trilogy." The film won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film, Best Cinematography (James Hayman and David Chung) and Best Screenplay (Alex Law); Chow was nominated for Best Actor for three films that same year, but won for his performance in City on Fire. On the other hand, Chow won his second Golden Horse Award for Best Actor for his role in this film in 1987. Cherie Chung was nominated for Best Actress and Lowell Lo was nominated for Best Original Score, respectively. The film was ranked #49 on the Hong Kong Film Awards' Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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