Comrades - Almost a Love Story

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Summary: Terrific love story
Review: This is probably one of the best dramatic films to come out of Hong Kong. Maggie Cheung and Leon Lai light up the screen with tremendous chemistry. A wonderful and sad love story.

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Review: This movie is a love story set against the backdrop of the bust and boom economy of 1980's Hong Kong. It stars Maggie Cheung who gives an emotive and beautifully nuanced portrayal of a struggling young woman leaving her rural province to achieve success in the big city. I cannot emphasize enough that this is a jewel of a movie, poignant, passionate, well-crafted and well acted. It is definitely a keeper, not a rental.

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Summary: Comrade - almost a love story
Review: Two young people came from Mainland China to Hong Kong to seek their dreams. Li Xiaojun thought of nothing but to earn enough money so he could bring her girlfriend to Hong Kong. Li Qiao dreamed of being rich and becoming a Hong Kong people. They met and fell into love in the foreign city, but their different goals separated them till they reunited in New York 10 years later since they came to Hong Kong.

Just like the soft theme song by Teresa Teng, the movie touches you so unnoticeably yet so deeply. I was obsessed every time I watched the movie, but somehow I just could not find out why the movie is this touching. Li Xiaojun and Li Qiao were not any noble people. At first Li Qiao tried to hide the fact that she was from Mainland and exploited Li Xiaojun in various ways. The origin of their love was probably their lonely and helpless feelings as they were struggling for their dreams in the harsh foreign society. The only thing they shared was their fondness of Teresa Teng's songs, which was regarded as a norm for the Mainland people. When they met in the street of New York on the day of Teresa Teng's death, all the feelings came to me that I could hardly breath. It is so realistic, material, instinctive, unpretentious, no way similar to the butterfly's love or Romeo and Juliet, but it moved me so much more in the end...