Rouge

Rouge

7.4IMDb Score
Released:1987-12-05
Duration:96 min
Country:Hong Kong
Director:Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang
Actors:Anita Mui Yim-Fong, Leslie Cheung, Alex Man Chi-Leung, Emily Chu Bo-Yee, Irene Wan
Production:Golden Way Films Ltd., Orange Sky Golden Harvest
Keywords:brothel

Overview:

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.

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