Love Will Tear Us Apart (1999)
Tin seung yan gaan (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 1h 49min
- Drama
- 26 Jul 2000 (France)
- Movie
This film gets under the skin of a very marginalized group: recent immigrants to Hong Kong from Mainland China. Belying the expectation that they will belong in a territory now returned to China's sovereignty, they find themselves lonely,...
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Awards:
- 3 wins & 7 nominations.
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Cast
| Tony Ka Fai Leung | ... |
Jian
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| Liping Lü | ... |
Yan
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Ning Wong | ... |
Ying
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Rolf Chow | ... |
Chun
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Simon Chung |
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Directed by
| Nelson Lik-wai Yu | ||
Written by
| Nelson Lik-wai Yu | ... | (writer) |
Produced by
| Chow Keung | ... | associate producer |
| Stanley Kwan | ... | producer |
| Tony Ka Fai Leung | ... | producer |
| Yee-Yin Leung | ... | executive producer |
| Kit Ming Li | ... | associate producer |
| May Ng | ... | line producer |
| James Tsim | ... | associate producer |
| Freddie Wong | ... | executive producer |
| Kwok-Siu Wong | ... | executive producer (as Freddie Wong) |
| Yiu-Leung Yu | ... | executive producer |
Cinematography by
| Yiu-Fai Lai | ||
Editing by
| Chow Keung | ||
Production Design by
| Albert Poon | ||
Art Direction by
| Yick Sum Poon | ... | (as Elbut Poon) |
Costume Design by
| Evelyn Yin-Na Ho | ||
Production Management
| Yan-Yan Mak | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Connie Ng | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Lai-Yan Woo | ... | assistant art director |
Sound Department
| So Ka Fai | ... | location sound |
| Sze. Gary | ... | sound designer |
| William Kwok | ... | location sound |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Chi-Ming Wong | ... | lighting director |
| Hung-Fei Wong | ... | still cinematography |
| Jupiter Wong | ... | still cinematography (as Muk Sing) |
| Lai-Yan Woo | ... | still cinematography |
Additional Crew
| Joyce Pierpoline | ... | publicist |
| Tony Rayns | ... | subtitler: English |
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Distributors
- Océan Films (France)
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Storyline
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This film gets under the skin of a very marginalized group: recent immigrants to Hong Kong from Mainland China. Belying the expectation that they will belong in a territory now returned to China's sovereignty, they find themselves lonely, frustrated, poor and employable only in the most menial jobs from elevator service staff to prostitution.
Written by L.H. Wong |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The film is considered by French scholar Berenice Reynaud to be a loose remake of the Eustache film, The Mother and the Whore. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in Unknown Pleasures (2002). See more » |