City of Desire (2001)

Original title

慾望之城

Directed by

Raymond Yip

Genre

crime, drama

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a woman who manages a sex industry business in Hong Kong after the 1999 handover of Macau. It shows her personal and professional struggles amid the changing social landscape.

dramaticgrittymelancholicreflectiveurbanemotionalrawslow-burn

What happens

欲望之城（英語：City of Desire）是2001年上映，一部以1999年澳門回歸後的社會變遷境況描寫為題材的香港電影，為1998年《古惑仔情義篇之洪興十三妹》的精神續作，吳君如曾憑經典角色「十三妹」獲得第18屆香港電影金像獎最佳女主角，而本作品主角設定是取材自獲獎的色情行業管理者「十三妹」同名角色，但採用全新的故事線和世界觀為劇本，沿用部份演員如吳君如和方中信，編劇和監製同為文雋，同由葉偉民執導。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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