Rouge

1987 96 min Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Mystery

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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director Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang

writers Lilian Lee Bik-Wah, Chiu Kang-Chien

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