Comrades, Almost a Love Story

Comrades, Almost a Love Story

1996 · 118 min · CN · 7.9 (179 votes)
Dir. Peter Chan Ho-Sun · Starring Maggie Cheung, Leon Lai Ming, Eric Tsang Chi-Wai, Kristy Yang Rongru, Christopher Doyle, Joe Cheung Tung-Cho

This is not so much a story about people falling in love, but rather of two young hearts trying their best not to fall in love with each other.

DramaRomance

Jun arrives in Hong Kong from mainland China, hoping to be able to earn enough money to marry his girlfriend back home. He meets the streetwise Qiao and they become friends. As friendship turns into love, problems develop, and although they seem meant for each other they somehow keep missing out.

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A tender, melancholic look at two souls adrift in a bustling city, their love story a poignant dance of near misses and unspoken dreams. It feels like a bittersweet echo of what might have been, set against a vibrant, changing landscape.

melancholicyearningbittersweetromanticsteadyurban dramacharacter-driven90s aestheticlongingcultural dividemissed connectionsambition
chinaromancehong kong
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