Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Year: 1985
Running Time: 90 min
The only celluloid romantic connection two of Hong Kong's biggest superstars - Chow Yun-fat and Maggie Cheung. Adapted from one of the best-selling novels by Yi Shu - Hong Kong’s own Francois Sagan, LOST ROMANCE (aka THE STORY OF ROSE) tells the tale of a beautiful young woman, Rose living an idyllic life with her brother in Hong Kong. They are close; so close that their bond has a subtle hint of incest. All good things must come to an end and Rose eventually moved to Paris, only to return to Hong Kong after her brother died. One day, Rose meets a young guy named Ka-Ming who looks like her deceased brother. She falls deeply in love only to have it end in tragedy...
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Maggie Cheung
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as Rose Wong
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Yun Fat CHOW
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as Charles Wong / Ga-Ming
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Born in Hunan Province, China, Yonfan moved with his parents to Taiwan in 1950. He grew up in Taichung and moved to Hong Kong (which has been his home-base ever since) in 1965. In the late 1960s he traveled and studied in Europe and America. He began directing in 1984. He writes, designs and executive-produces his own films. His international breakthrough came with BISHONEN, screened with great success in the Berlin Panorama in 1999. In 2003, he made his first documentary BREAKING THE WILLOW, on the legacy of China’s traditional kunqu opera. PRINCE OF TEARS, his twelfth feature, is the first he has made in Taiwan.
1984 A CERTAIN ROMANCE
1985 THE STORY OF ROSE
1986 IMMORTAL STORY
1987 DOUBLE FIXATION
1988 LAST ROMANCE
1990 PROMISING MISS BOWIE
1994 THE NEW AGE TO LIVING TOGETHER
1995 BUGIS STREET
1998 BISHONEN
2001 PEONY PAVILION
2003 BREAKING THE WILLOW
2004 COLOUR BLOSSOMS
2009 PRINCE OF TEARS