RED DUST
Year: 1990 | Country: Hong Kong | Language: Cantonese | Length: 95 min.

Sun 8/26, 12:00n

The incomparable Brigitte Lin endows Red Dust with an amazing spirit of self-determination and endurance that lifts this romantic melodrama to its multi award-winning level. Set in 1930's Shanghai, amidst the Sino-Japanese war, Lin is writer Shen Shao Hua whose love for a Japanese collaborating countryman has her at odds with her father and others. Channeling her despair, Shen's writing gains widespread popularity, as best friend Maggie Cheung In the Mood for Love helps her resolve her passion for a man with complicated ideology and politics. Red Dust's surprise emotive touch is the scenes between the women. Directed by Yim Ho. With Brigitte Lin, Ching Han, Maggie Cheung, Richard Ng, Josephine Koo, Yim Ho.

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