Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
“The price they pay when they come out of their secret garden and face the world in modern-day Hong Kong - makes this one of the screen's unforgettable experiences!”
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A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.
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A sweeping, bittersweet romance set against a tumultuous backdrop. It feels like a classic Hollywood melodrama, full of yearning, elegant visuals, and a poignant exploration of love across cultural and societal divides.
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war correspondentwidowchinese civil warromanceinterracial romancehong kongracismdoctorlove affairamerican abroadintercultural relationshipforeign correspondent1950scommunist chinamarried manpeople's republic of chinawoman falls in loveeurasian
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