Rouge (1988)
"Yin ji kau" (original title)

Fleur is the blue angel in one of Hong Kong's "flower houses" - bordellos and night clubs of the 1930's. A detached and beautiful performer, she falls in love with Twelfth Master Chan, heir... See full summary »

Director:

Stanley Kwan

Writers:

Tai An-Ping Chiu, Bik-Wa Lei,

Stars:

Anita Mui, Leslie Cheung, Alex Man

10 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Anita Mui	...	Fleur
Leslie Cheung	...	Chan Chen-Pang
Alex Man	...	Yuen
Emily Chu	...	Ah Chor
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kara Hui	...	Actress Portraying Ghost
Chia Yung Liu	...	Movie Director
Sin Hung Tam	...	Chen-Pang's mother
Yin Tse	...	Brothel patron
Irene Wan	...	Shu-Hsien
Yue Wong	...	Ho Hsi

Storyline

Fleur is the blue angel in one of Hong Kong's "flower houses" - bordellos and night clubs of the 1930's. A detached and beautiful performer, she falls in love with Twelfth Master Chan, heir to a chain of pharmacies. They agree to a suicide pact. Jump ahead 50 years to modern Hong Kong: Fleur's ghost appears in Yuen's newspaper office, wanting to place an ad to find Chan, who never arrived in the afterlife. Yuen, and his equally bewildered girl friend, An Chor, are captivated by Fleur and her story.

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Plot Keywords:

hong kong | newspaper office | suicide | newspaper | heir | 

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Music | Mystery | Romance

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Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Release Date:

7 January 1988 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Rouge

Company Credits

Production Co:

Golden Harvest Company, Golden Way Films Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Still Love You After All These (1997)

User Reviews

for Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung fans

One of those slow, lugubrious films that nevertheless holds your interest if you are intrigued by the stars. And in this case the stars are two all-time greats of Hong Kong cinema, Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui. Cheung's complex performance as Mui's lover, simultaneously devoted and ambivalent, is nuanced by the knowledge of his real-life homosexuality. Throughout the film, the camera returns to focus on Mui's face; she holds one's interest through her ability to convey her inner thoughts through an amazing range of facial expressions.

This complicated love story is now made more poignant by the real life fact that both actors died young, in 2003 - Cheung by suicide and Mui by cancer. Recommended for romantics, film buffs, and devotees of Cheung and Mui.