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Three Husbands (2018)

Three Husbands poster
Original title
三夫
Directed by
Fruit Chan
Genre
drama film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 41m
Rated
III
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman in Hong Kong works as a prostitute, navigating relationships with three different men. The film follows her daily life and interactions over time.

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What happens

Three Husbands (Chinese: 三夫) is a 2018 Hong Kong film directed by Fruit Chan, starring Zeng Meihuizi and Peter Chan. It is the last instalment of his "Prostitute trilogy" which Chan directed from 2000 to 2018. The other two movies in the trilogy are Durian Durian (Qin Hailu as lead actress, 2000) and Hollywood Hong Kong (Zhou Xun as lead actress, 2001). The three lead actresses starring in his "Prostitute trilogy" were nominated as Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress for their respective role in a film of the trilogy, and Qin Hailu won the award for her role in Durian Durian. The film premiered at the 31st Tokyo International Film Festival on 26 October 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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