Love Will Tear Us Apart (1999)
"Tin seung yan gaan" (original title)

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 ... See full summary »

Director:

Nelson Yu Lik-wai

Writer:

Nelson Yu Lik-wai

Stars:

Tony Leung Ka Fai, Liping Lü, Ning Wong

3 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Tony Leung Ka Fai	...	Jian
Liping Lü	...	Yan
Ning Wong	...	Ying
Rolf Chow	...	Chun

Storyline

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 China's sovereignty, they find themselves lonely, frustrated, poor and employable only in the most menial jobs from elevator service staff to prostitution.

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Plot Keywords:

immigration | independent film

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin Cantonese

Release Date:

26 July 2000 (France)

Also Known As:

Love Will Tear Us Apart

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hu Tong Communications, Tony Leung Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Unknown Pleasures (2002)

User Reviews

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.