The Second Woman

The Second Woman

2012 · 102 min · ★ 4.8 · Drama, Romance, Thriller

One suspects writer-director Carol Lai may have harboured some Black Swan ambitions with a tale that also centers around a stage practitioner who embarks on an unwitting destructive journey when playing a role to die for. The Second Woman, whose Chinese title Romance Riddle may hold better clues as to how this film developed, being more of a guessing game that threw constant clues rather than a overly romantic film about twins falling in love with a man who decided it's perfectly OK to string both women along, until he discovers that this spells double trouble.

Directed by Carol Lai Miu-Suet · Written by Carol Lai Miu-Suet

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