Comrades: Almost a Love Story
Alternate title(s):
Foreign Title:
Date: January 01, 1996 to December 31, 1996
Dates Note: 1996
Country of Origin:
Hong Kong
Place of Origin: Hong Kong
Languages:
English
,
Cantonese
,
Mandarin
Color: Color
Silent: No
Based On:
Additional Info:
Curator Notes
Film Series/Exhibition Title:
In the Mood for Maggie CheungDescription:
While the triad and wuxia genres got most of the attention in the West, Hong Kong’s most popular crowd-pleasers of the 1990s were romantic melodramas, among which Comrades: Almost a Love Story stands apart. Winner of Best Picture, Director, and Actress at the Hong Kong Film Awards, the film tracks the friendship and thwarted love affair between two immigrant Chinese Mainlanders in Hong Kong (and, later, New York City), played by superstars Leon Lai and Maggie Cheung. The film’s original title was based on a song by singer Teresa Teng, an icon among both mainland Chinese and the Chinese diaspora.
Related People
