Tel. Literary Fiction, Fiction. Van Diemenstraat 134 http://fortissimofilms.com, PRESS OFFICE: Jane Yao - FORTISSIMO FILMS The years in which the young woman is sold as a concubine hovers around the edges of the story, out of focus, but dark enough to illuminate the shining moment in her life that's described. Early on in Love After Love, the director Ann Hui introduces the viewer to an astonishing shade of green, an emerald lushness that radiates from the foliage surrounding a Hong Kong mansion on the eve of World War II. That the writers work stands the test of time and continues to appeal to filmmakers and readers alike is due to her innate wisdom about human relationships, says Chan. Love After Love is the third film Hui has adapted from works by Chang, after Love in a Fallen City (1984) and Eighteen Springs (1997). Ca Giustinian, San Marco 1364/A, Venice. She died on 8 September 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Van Diemenstraat 134 It has so much going for it that the credit list alone will sell tickets. Amsterdam and Beijing-based sales company is also stepping into Asian TV series sales with Horizon Tower. -Love," by Eileen Chang, translated by Qiaomei Tang. Author Eileen Changs life was as storiedand tragicas her novels, one of which hits the big screen this month. After Mae Fong Soong died in 2007, her son Roland Soong inherited Changs legacy and began publishing her unpublished works, as well as English translations of some of her most popular stories. The modern reprints, along with Ang Lees Oscar-winning movie released the same year, brought Changs work to a new generation of readers and instilled fresh pride in the Chinese-speaking world towards one of its most respected literary voices. She went to a prestigious girls' school in Shanghai, where she changed her name from Chang Ying to Chang Ai-ling to match her English name . Books by the revered Chinese writer had already served as inspiration for Huis 1984, What follows is a sumptuously mounted love triangle, and a faithful exhumation of pre-war Hong Kong. The fest has wrapped, but we still have special #B, Last week's #InROWeekly included more from #Berlin, We've got so much excellent coverage from #Berlina, Instagram was being a pain last week so we didn't. While there had been a lot of romance writers out there, she stood out with her original and controversial views on human nature, says Cheung Che-kwok, the first producer in Hong Kong to adapt Changs 1950 story Eighteen Springs into a popular television series on RTV, in the Seventies. P.I.00330320276, Sandra Ma, Faye Yu, Eddie Peng, Ning Chang, Wei Fan, Isabella Leong. Portland International Film Festival 2020 | Dispatch 1: The Blog Era: Haunted Halls of the Internet Archive, good. 140 mins. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. Wong Kar-wais regular cinematographer Christopher Doyle, in his first collaboration with Hui, plays with the tropical light to entrancing effect, while legendary Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (also working with Hui for the first time) graces the proceedings with nimble piano motifs. Jonathan Majors Dropped by Manager Entertainment 360 Following Domestic Violence Charges, AI-Generated Fake Drake/Weeknd Collaboration, Heart on My Sleeve, Delights Fans and Sets Off Industry Alarm, Beef Star David Choe Appears to File Copyright Takedowns for 2014 Podcast Video of Him Joking Hes A Successful Rapist, Bruce Springsteen Contracts COVID and Misses His Archives Inaugural Awards Show, but Presents Via Video. Attending the banquets and high-society functions of Hong Kongs international upper class, her aunts social circle, Weilong unwittingly finds herself under the gaze of George (Eddie Peng), a former lover of her aunts with an outsize Don Juan persona. Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. Once more with rather less feeling: after "Love in a Fallen City" and "Eighteen Springs," acclaimed Hong Kong director Ann Hui returns to the work of celebrated 20th century author Eileen Chang with "Love After Love," a not-at-all-short adaptation of a Chang short story laboring under the English title "Aloeswood Incense: The . Ann Huis fascination with the late Eileen Chang is a story spanning four decades. Beijing- and Amsterdam-based sales agency. 2023 Variety Media, LLC. 30124 Venice Martin Scorsese used a narrator to capture Edith Whartons lightly sardonic authorial voice in The Age of Innocence, which plays up the irony of the story and gives us a proper perspective on the strengths and failures of her hero. We see a lot of movies early, primarily on the festival circuit, and so weve included films at the end of our list that are on deck for inclusion but only if we know for certain that theyre coming out this year. The acclaimed Hong Kong director weighs in on her latest period piece, unveiled at the 77th Venice Film Festival. Along with. This film is a sufficient showcase for Huis craftsmanship, but it lacks the emotional depth or resonance that its composed visuals, lofty setting, and melodramatic stakes would portend. Environmental crime drama had its world premiere at this years Pingyao International Film Festival. It is scheduled to be theatrically released in China on October 22, 2021. Weilong is seduced, or rather, allows herself to be seduced, by wastrel friend of the family George (Eddie Peng), who she knows is utterly hopeless, but alas, she loves him anyway. Please note, the free download is available from 2 September, 2020 and is valid until 30 September, 2020. For all other inquiries, contact theeditorial team. 2020. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". In design, the film is impeccable: gorgeous images (DP Christopher Doyle, working with Hui for the first time, which is unbelievable but true) of gorgeous settings and costumes (by legendary costume designer, the late Emi Wada) peopled by gorgeous actors. But what. Popular Chinese authors who wrote in English back then touched on sufferings under the Communist regime, Chan says. The emptiness and despair one feels when being alone in a war are unbearable. What A Girls Life! published in Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury, themes from which would later resurface in her stories Eighteen Springs, The Book of Change and Little Reunions. [12], "Venice 2020 preview: Screen's guide to the Out Of Competition titles", "Once Upon a Time in Hong Kong: Ann Hui on "Love After Love", "Biennale Cinema 2020 - Di yi lu xiang (Love After Love)", "Ann Hui's "Love After Love" Selected for Gala Presentation at BIFF", "Ann Hui's LOVE AFTER LOVE Selected for Gala Presentation at Busan International Film Festival", "Schedule for 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival(2020) (Love After Love)", "Nomination List of The 40th Hong Kong Film Awards", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Love_After_Love_(2020_film)&oldid=1147862737, This page was last edited on 2 April 2023, at 17:26. But her socialite custodian has other plans for her: the teenager would become yet another valuable asset to be pawned to rich men. This round has the r, Another Friday, another #InROWeekly. We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences on repeat visits. Tel. Chang is largely remembered for the works which first brought her acclaim . As it happens, Weilong gets genuinely attracted to playboy George Qiao, whose aim is to marry a wealthy girl to maintain his own high-end class lifestyle. Certainly her aunts chastisement when Weilong reacts badly to Uncle Situ snapping a jeweled bracelet round her wrist like a handcuff, suggests Mme Liang is somehow mentoring her in the fine arts of courtesanship. I havent seen the latter, but Love in a Fallen City is one of my favorite of her films, a lush romantic drama that revels in the small moments and interplay between its charismatic stars Chow Yun-fat and Cora Miao, relegating most of the plot to conversational asides in an almost perverse manner. Author Eileen Chang's life was as storiedand tragicas her novels, one of which hits the big screen this month. +86 139 1687 0896 Love After Love is director Ann Hui 's third adaptation of a story by Eileen Chang, following 1984's Love in a Fallen City and 1997's Eighteen Springs.I haven't seen the latter, but Love in a Fallen City is one of my favorite of her films, a lush romantic drama that revels in the small moments and interplay between its charismatic stars Chow Yun-fat and Cora Miao, relegating most of . The picture, which started shooting on Wednesday in China, is the story of a young woman from Shanghai who travels to Hong Kong, borrows money, and falls in with a rich crowd whose luxury lifestyle is beyond her means. In 1939, she left home to study English literature at the University of Hong Kong, paving the way for her career as a professional writer. If only the rest of the overlong feature were so memorable. 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Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. Her ambivalence and indecision are in keeping with the structuring theme of the film, in-betweenness as a state of being, mirroring Hui and Changs view of Hong Kong itself as a place caught between two irreconcilable worlds. Her set, is indeed a variegated bunch, including George and his minxish sister Kitty (a nice, if underserved turn from Isabella Leong), their rich, disapproving father Sir Cheng (Paul Chun), along with Uncle Situ and a wider circle of British Army officers, missionaries, glamor girls and other members of the champagne-quaffing, polyglot Hong Kong elite. Designed & Developed by Solo Pine. The film tells the story of a young girl who travels from Shanghai to Hong Kong in pursuit of education, but ends up working for her aunt seducing rich and powerful men. However, the end of the year is a tricky time to survey the best movies released over the previous 12 months, since theres often so much to consider. 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Twenty years ago, "people would keep saying to me when I was interviewed: 'How does it feel to turn 40 and know that youre not going to work anymore? The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Watch on Mubi. In these richly furnished parlors, tricked out with peacock feather drapes and ornate trinketry, and in the lavish but slavishly Western-pandering dinner and garden parties, the film comes closest to emulating the arch, Austen-esque social observations of Changs original story, which contains aperus like: The English come from so far to see China one has to give them something of China to see. However, the erotic spy thrillers graphic sex scenes between lead actors Tang Wei and Tony Leung drew controversy in China, where critics argued the film sensationalised the 1979 novella by Eileen Chang that inspired Lees adaptation, tarnishing one of Chinas best-loved authors. 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