The Twin Bracelets (1991)

Original title

雙鐲

Directed by

Huang Yu-shan

Genre

drama film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

NA

Rating

2.8 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two teenage girls in a coastal fishing village share a close friendship while facing pressure to follow traditional marriage customs. One of them eventually gets wed and moves away, while the other stays behind, and their lives diverge.

melancholictenderquietrestrainedpoignantslow-burnheartfelt

What happens

The Twin Bracelets (Chinese: 雙鐲) is a 1991 Hong Kong film directed by Huang Yu-shan. It stars Winnie Lau, Vivian Chan, and Roger Kwok. The film tells the deep bond between two coastal village teenage girls, their struggles to conform to their village's social norms and marital traditions, and the different paths they took when the inevitable comes. The film won Best Original Song at the 11th Hong Kong Film Awards, for the song 'Return' (Chinese: 似是故人來), sung by Anita Mui. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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