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TITLE Chinese Box (1997)

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DISABILITY General Terminal Illness

COUNTRY France / Japan / USA

LENGTH 99

GENRE Drama

DIRECTOR Wayne Wang

CAST Jeremy Irons

Li Gong

Maggie Cheung

Michael Hui

Ruben Blades

NOTES In English and Cantonese

Set in an unflattering quarter of Hong Kong just before the

hand over to China.

Apparently this film opposes the hand over and believes Hong Kong will only go downhill under Chinese rule. The vehicle is a love story between a British journalist who has lived for 15 years there and is now dying and a female bar owner who used to be a prostitute. Unfortunately I don't know what his terminal illness is.

You'll probably know Jeremy Irons and though Li Gong is

unknown in the west she's a big star in China. She is rated

highly as an actress besides being beautiful but apparently

here she has little chance to show her skills and has very little

to say in English.

 


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