Rouge DVD
Mandarin and/or Cantonese Multilingual DVDs
Hong Kong Movie
Classic Drama 93 Minutes Multi-Lingual
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Rouge (1988) 胭脂扣 Director: Stanley Kwan Starring: Anita Mui, Leslie Cheung 石塘咀名妓如花，與離家富家子弟振邦私定終身，但敵不過貧窮折磨，最後相約吞鴉片自殺，寄望來世再續前緣。如花在陰間久候不見振邦，返回陽間已是五十年後，找尋情郎仿如大海撈針，最後發現當年振邦被救活，竟貪生戀棧，捨棄生死盟誓。如花再見風燭殘年的振邦，把定情的胭脂扣交還，黯然離去。 Hong Kong filmmaker Stanley Kwan directs this stunning supernatural melodrama about a passion, romance, and lost history. Fleur (Anita Mui) is a 1930s high-class courtesan who finds herself sucked into a doomed relationship with Twelfth Master Chan Chen-Pang (Leslie Cheung), the rakish scion of a prosperous business family that disapproves of their union. After a brief but intense courtship, the two resolve to be together in the afterworld by swallowing opium. Yet once there, Fleur discovers that she is alone. After waiting 50 years for her dearly beloved, she re-emerges in 1987 to place a personal ad. In the process, she enlists the aid of a pair of journalists: Yuen (Alex Man) and his feisty, occasionally jealous girlfriend Ah Chor (Emily Chu). Fleur learns that the Hong Kong she knew has by and large disappeared: the brothel where she worked was now a kindergarten. As she tells them of her love for Twelfth Master, the two journalists begin to find their relationship intensifying. As Fleur's spirit grows weaker, their search continues until it yields results that are both sad and ironic. DVD: List Price: US $24.95
Rating: II - "May be Inappropriate For Children" (Broad rating may be roughly equal to an MPPA rating of "PG-13" to "R". In the late 1980s this rating splintered in two ratings: IIA and IIB) Films rated Category II may contain mild to strong violence, nudity that is usually not sexually oriented, explicit language and adult situations. OR
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