Metrograph

Fresh off the success of Boat People (1982), Hui, perhaps the most famous female figure of the Hong Kong New Wave, adapted Eileen Chang’s novella of the same name, producing this 1940s-set tale that moves between Shanghai and Hong Kong, observing the affection that develops between disgraced divorcee Cora Miao and playboy Malayan businessman Chow Yun-Fat, here luminous with youthful charm.