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Comrades, Almost a Love Story

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Comrades, Almost a Love Story (1996)

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Reviews Counted:8

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Average Rating:7.2/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: A pair of Chinese mainlanders, new to Hong Kong, find the city overwhelming and gradually fall in love with each other over a period of a decade. Their lives are complicated by ties to their pasts... A pair of Chinese mainlanders, new to Hong Kong, find the city overwhelming and gradually fall in love with each other over a period of a decade. Their lives are complicated by ties to their pasts and bad decisions, leading to a heartbreaking conclusion. This film was the winner of 9 Hong Kong Film Awards including Best Picture. [More]

Starring: Maggie Cheung, Leon Lai, Eric Tsang, Kristy Yang

Starring: Maggie Cheung, Leon Lai, Eric Tsang, Kristy Yang, Christopher Doyle

Director: Peter Chan

Director: Peter Chan

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A movie made for the hopelessly romantic. Hardboiled cynics need not apply.

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Michael Dequina

Many of the film's tearwringing moments get their power from Chan's expert use of Cheung's amazingly expressive face, which can register so much emotion with so little effort.

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