Soursweet (1988)
Just married Hong Kong couple Chen & Lily emigrate to England, soon to become parents to a little baby boy and generally struggle through life. Chen works long days in a restaurant, while Lily does the housekeeping, daydreaming of setting up their own business, much to Chen's chagrin. When Chen lets his colleague Fok seduce him down a path of mounting gambling debts, he is recruited as a drug courier for a shadowy Chinese triad. Suddenly he realizes that getting their own enterprise could be their only means of escape.
- Data de estreia
- 1988-05-15
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (4)
- Duração
- 1 h 50 min
- Géneros
- Drama, Crime
- Realizador
- Mike Newell
Elenco
- 張艾嘉 — Lily
- Danny Dun — Chen
- Jodi Long — Mui
- Speedy Choo — Man Kee
- Han Tan — Grandpa
- Soon-Tek Oh — Red Cudgel
- William Chow — White Paper Fan
- 金士傑 — Night Brother
- David K.S. Tse — Fok
- Jim Carter — Mr. Constantinides
- Philip Tan — Jackie Fung
- Eddie Yeoh — Iron Plank
Curiosidades
Soursweet is a 1988 British film directed by Mike Newell. The screenplay was written by Ian McEwan from the 1982 novel Sour Sweet by Timothy Mo.
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