
Rouge
Rouge (; Jyutping: Jin1zi1 kau3) is a 1988 Hong Kong film, directed by Stanley Kwan. The movie is the adaptation of a novel with the same title by Lilian Lee.
Plot
In 1987 Hong Kong, newspaperman Yuen (Alex Man) and his girlfriend, Chor (Emily Chu) are drawn into a doomed 1930s romance when the ghost of courtesan Fleur (Anita Mui) places an advertisement, looking for her lost lover Chan Chen-Pang (Leslie Cheung). She has waited in the afterlife for Chan for 53 years and believes he has become lost.
Awards
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author | Chiu Kang Chien Lilian Lee |
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award | Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film Hong Kong Film Award for Best Original Film Song |
director | Stanley Kwan |
editor | Peter Cheung |
genre | drama fantasy |
keywords | alex man chinese opera doom emily chu hong kong impoverish lost love teahouse wealthy family |
musicBy | Michael Lai |
producer | Jackie Chan Leonard Ho |
productionCompany | Orange Sky Golden Harvest |
theme | ghost romantic drama romantic fantasy |