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Love Will Tear Us Apart

Original title: Tin seung yan gaan
  • 1999
  • 1h 49m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
225
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Tony Ka Fai Leung in Love Will Tear Us Apart (1999)
Drama

This 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 C... Read allThis 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 t... Read allThis 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.

  • Director
    • Nelson Lik-wai Yu
  • Writer
    • Nelson Lik-wai Yu
  • Stars
    • Tony Ka Fai Leung
    • Liping Lü
    • Ning Wong
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    225
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Nelson Lik-wai Yu
    • Writer
      • Nelson Lik-wai Yu
    • Stars
      • Tony Ka Fai Leung
      • Liping Lü
      • Ning Wong
    • 2User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 7 nominations total

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    Tony Ka Fai Leung
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    • Jian
    Liping Lü
    Liping Lü
    • Yan
    Ning Wong
    • Ying
    Rolf Chow
    • Chun
    Simon Chung
    • Director
      • Nelson Lik-wai Yu
    • Writer
      • Nelson Lik-wai Yu
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    4toclement

    Painful to watch, but not a total waste of time...

    The film was excruciatingly dull, but at the same time I found something to admire about the way it portrayed the lives of a group of lost souls wandering the streets and red light districts of Hong Kong. Tony Leung was very good, but the rest of the cast was unimpressive, though not necessarily bad. The major fault of the film was the screenplay, which had almost nothing happen in 2 hours. I'm sure that was by design, but the point was for the most part lost on me.
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    You can actually watch it in fast forward !

    "Slow" does not necessarily mean "boring", but in this case it does. You can see amongst other things a kettle boil for 30 seconds and countless scenes of people just sitting there without a word.

    The story of a hardcore porn video retailer cheating on his wife with a prostitute... Doesn't sound appealing, does it ?... Well, there's barely more than that going on anyway...

    Most of the time, the cinematography and the choice of colors are rather nice but is that enough to make this movie interesting ? I doubt it.

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    • Trivia
      The film is considered by French scholar Berenice Reynaud to be a loose remake of the Eustache film, The Mother and the Whore.
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      Referenced in Unknown Pleasures (2002)

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    • Release date
      • July 26, 2000 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • Hong Kong
    • Languages
      • Mandarin
      • Cantonese
    • Also known as
      • Miłość nas rozłączy
    • Production companies
      • Hu Tong Communications
      • Tony Leung Productions
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      1 hour 49 minutes
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