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Hands in the Hair (2004)

Hands in the Hair poster
Original title
做头
Directed by
Cheng Ding Jiang
Genre
drama film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 41m
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A married woman in Shanghai begins a secret affair with her hairdresser. The story explores the emotional consequences of their relationship.

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What happens

Hands in the Hair (Chinese: 做頭) is a 2005 romantic ethical film directed by Jiang Cheng and produced by Stanley Kwan. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, the film stars Rosamund Kwan, Wallace Huo and Francis Ng. It is produced jointly by Shanghai Film Group Corporation and Shanghai Film Studio. The film is an adaptation of Tang Ying's 1995 novel of A Beauty (红颜). The film picks up the extramarital love story of a Shanghai named woman Aini and her lover Ah Hua. Hands in the Hair premiered in mainland China on 7 March 2005 and released in Hong Kong on 14 April 2005. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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