Love Will Tear Us Apart
May 17 1999
•2h 49m
•Drama, Romance
The film gets under the skin of a very marginalized group: recent immigrants to Hong Kong from Mainland China. Belying the expectation that they will belong in a territory now returned to China's sovereignty, they find themselves lonely, frustrated, poor, and employable only in the most menial jobs, from elevator service staff to prostitution.
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Tony Leung Ka-Fai
Ah Jian
Lü Liping
Ah Yan
Wang Ning
Yan Ying
Rolf Chow Chi-Sang
Ah Chun
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