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Everlasting Regret (2005)
Directed by Stanley Kwan
Most recently watched by sleestakk
Overview
A film adaptation of Wang Anyi’s popular and influential novel “Changhen Ge”. A person’s life is destined to be shorter than that of a city. Having spent her whole life in Shanghai, Qiyao has her moments of prosperity and her fair share of loneliness. She finally fades and disappears but Shanghai remains a metropolitan city. Shanghai in the 1930s is glamorous and seductive. A pretty young girl from an ordinary family, Qiyao is lucky enough to win the 2nd runner-up of the “Miss Shanghai” contest. Mr. Cheng, her admirer as well as a photographer who assists her to her success, knows the girl is going to live an extraordinary life.
Length 106 minutes
Actors
Tony Leung Ka-Fai | Daniel Wu | Sammi Cheng | Hu Jun | Huang Jue | Crystal Huang Yi | Yumiko Cheng | Elsa Chan Ki-Ling | Yau Pooi-Ling | Cai Gang | Yang Zhi Ping | Wu Jing | Wu Li | Sophie Su Yan | Wu Hai-Re | Wang Wei-Hua | Liu Zhi-Yun | Cheng Haofeng