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Rouge (film)
1988 Hong Kong film by Stanley Kwan
1988 Hong Kong film by Stanley Kwan
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| name | Rouge | |
| native_name | ||
| image | Rougefilm.jpg | |
| director | Stanley Kwan | |
| producer | Jackie Chan | |
| Leonard Ho | ||
| writer | Yau Tai Ping On | |
| Lilian Lee Pik Wah | ||
| starring | Anita Mui | |
| Leslie Cheung | ||
| music | Michael Lai | |
| Tang Siu Lam | ||
| cinematography | Bill Wong | |
| editing | Peter Cheung | |
| studio | Golden Harvest | |
| Golden Way Films | ||
| released | ||
| runtime | {{plainlist | |
| language | Cantonese | |
| gross | HK$17,476,414 |
Leonard Ho Lilian Lee Pik Wah Leslie Cheung Tang Siu Lam Golden Way Films
- 96 minutes
- 93 minutes (American release)}} Rouge (; Jyutping: Jin1zi1 kau3) is a 1987 Hong Kong supernatural romantic-drama film directed by Stanley Kwan, and starring Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung. The film is the adaptation of a novel with the same title by Lilian Lee.
Plot
In 1987 Hong Kong, newspaperman Yuen and his girlfriend Chor are drawn into a doomed 1930s romance when the ghost of courtesan Fleur publishes an advertisement in the newspapers, looking for her lost lover Chan Chen-Pang. She has waited in the afterlife for Chan for 53 years and believes he has become lost.
Chan was the playboy son of a wealthy family, but longed to be an actor, met and fell in love with talented, beautiful Fleur in one of Hong Kong's teahouses. Realising their romance would never be accepted, the couple committed suicide by opium overdose in order to be together in the afterlife.
Pragmatic Yuen and Chor become dazzled by the romance of Fleur's story and the ghost's glamorous beauty, but as their search for Chan reveals the truth - that Chan did not die with Fleur, frittered away his inheritance and now lives impoverished as a movie extra - they see the value of their own, honest relationship.
The title refers to a rouge case Chan gave to Fleur, which she returns to the now-elderly, guilt-wracked man, before leaving the living world.
Cast
- Anita Mui as Fleur
- Leslie Cheung as Chan Chen-pang
- Alex Man as Yuen
- Irene Wan as Shu-Hsien
- Emily Chu as Ah Chor
- Kara Hui as Ghost
- Lau Kar-wing as Movie Director
- Patrick Tse as Brothel Patron
- Ruby Wong
- Jackie Chan Stunt Team – extra/stunts
Release
The film received a Region 1 Criterion Collection home video release in 2022.
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Torino International Festival of Young Cinema | International Feature Film Competition | Special Mention | ||
| Nantes Three Continents Festival | Grand Prix | Won | |||
| 24th Golden Horse Awards | Best Leading Actress | Anita Mui | |||
| Asia-Pacific Film Festival | Best Actress | ||||
| 1989 | 8th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Film | Golden Way Films Ltd./Golden Harvest Films | ||
| Director | Stanley Kwan | ||||
| Best Actress | Anita Mui | ||||
| Best Film Editing | Peter Cheung | ||||
| Best Original Film Score | Lai Siu-Tin | ||||
| Best Original Film Song | "Yin Ji Kau" |
References
References
- Cole, Jake. (2022-07-15). "'Rouge' Blu-ray Review: The Criterion Collection".
- "Festival 1988".
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