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Red Rose, White Rose

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Original title

Hong mei gui bai mei guiaka

AKA

Red Rose, White Rose
Hung mui gwai bak mui gwai

Year

1994

Running time

110 min.

Country

Hong Kong

Director

Stanley Kwan

Screenwriter

Edward Lam, Liu Heng. Novel: Eileen Chang

Cast

Music

Johnny Chen

Cinematography

Christopher Doyle

Producer

Co-production Hong Kong-Taiwan-China;

First Film Organisation, Golden Flare Films Company

Genre

Drama. Romance

Synopsis

Chronicles the love life of a man, Zhenbao. He has a steamy fling with the wife of a friend, the saucy and exciting Red Rose. Even though he feels happy with her, he knows he will not end up with her. To maintain his reputation, he marries an antiseptic, frigid but classy lady of a prim and proper background (White Rose). Dissonance abound when he finds his bride irritating.

Awards: 1995: Berlin Film Festival: Official Selection

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Red Rose, White Rose

1994

Stanley Kwan