Eighteen Springs (1997)
- Original title
- 半生緣
- Directed by
- Ann Hui
- Genre
- drama, romance
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Runtime
- 2h 06m
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 24 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
Two lovers in 1930s and 1940s Shanghai and Nanjing are separated by fate and time for over ten years. The film follows their decades-long struggle to reunite.
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What happens
Eighteen Springs (simplified Chinese: 半生缘; traditional Chinese: 半生緣; pinyin: Bànshēng Yuán) is a 1997 romantic drama directed by Ann Hui and starring Jacklyn Wu, Leon Lai, Anita Mui, Huang Lei and Ge You. It is a China-Hong Kong co-production, based on the novel of the same name by Eileen Chang. The film depicts the ill-fated romance between two Chinese lovers in Shanghai and Nanjing during the 1930s and 1940s, which destined them to be apart for more than a decade. The film marked the second time Hui directed an Eileen Chang adaptation (the first was 1984’s Love in a Fallen City). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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