Starry is the Night (1988)

Original title

今夜星光燦爛

Directed by

Ann Hui

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 34m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman named Du Caiwei has a love affair with her professor decades ago. Years later, working as a social worker, she becomes involved with a troubled teenage boy who turns out to be the professor's son.

contemplativemelancholicromanticbittersweetrestrainednostalgicemotionally layered

What happens

《今夜星光燦爛》（）是1988年上映的一部香港電影，由許鞍華執導，林子祥、林青霞、吳大維主演。吳大維憑本片榮獲第8屆香港電影金像獎最有前途新人。 二十年前，大學生杜彩薇（林青霞 飾）與她的一位教授張英全（林子祥 飾）坠入爱河，可惜教授有一個已懷上身孕的妻子。二十年後，杜彩薇當上了一名社工，在澳门接觸了一個十幾歲的問題少年张天安（吳大維 饰）。她完全忘記了自己的專業精神，很快就捲入了與男孩的熱戀關係，卻在因緣巧合下發現天安竟是她舊情人張英全的兒子...... (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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