Rouge
7.4/10
Rating
96 min
Runtime
1987
Release Year
Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang
Director
Cast
Anita Mui Yim-Fong, Leslie Cheung, Alex Man Chi-Leung, Emily Chu Bo-Yee, Irene Wan
Quick Synopsis
In 1930s Hong Kong, a modest courtesan working in the city's luxurious teahouses falls in love with a rebellious heir from a wealthy family, and they decide to end their lives together in a suicide pact. Fifty years later, her spirit returns to search for him, involving a modern young couple in her journey to revive a love that might be as fleeting and unreal as time itself.
Detailed Synopsis of Rouge
Amid the opulent teahouses of 1930s Hong Kong, a humble courtesan and the wayward scion of a wealthy family fall in love and embrace death by suicide pact. Fifty years later, her ghost returns to find him, drawing a young contemporary couple into her quest to rekindle a passion that may be as illusory as time itself.
