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The Forbidden Past

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english title The Forbidden Past
original title 小樓殘夢
year1979
countryHong-Kong


cast & crew

directorChoh YUEN - 楚原
actor LING Wan - 凌雲
CHING Li - 井莉
CHUNG Wa - 宗華
LAU Wai Ling


additional Info

duration77 mins
production studioShaw Brothers 邵氏


synopsis

In the sixties, love stories portrayed women as sentimentalists or sacrificial lambs. Later on, directors like Chu Yuan replaced these themes of sacrifice with abandonment. The Forbidden Past is a heart tugging, rare Chinese Christmas story about a bar girl (Ching Li) serving drinks to a man that looks like her husband from five years ago. She convinces him to fulfill her son's wishes of having the father he's never seen, show up for Christmas. A merry Christmas follows?

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