Rouge
Rouge (; Jyutping: Jin1zi1 kau3) is a 1988 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.
Awards
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| author | Chiu Kang Chien Lilian Lee |
|---|---|
| award | Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film |
| director | Stanley Kwan |
| editor | Peter Cheung |
| genre | drama fantasy |
| keywords | courtesan doom hong kong impoverish lost love movie extra teahouse wealthy family |
| musicBy | Michael Lai |
| producer | Jackie Chan Leonard Ho |
| productionCompany | Orange Sky Golden Harvest |
| theme | ghost romantic drama romantic fantasy |