Comrades, Almost a Love Story

Comrades, Almost a Love Story

This is not so much a story about people falling in love, but rather of two young hearts trying their best not to fall in love with each other.

1996 · 118 min · ★ 7.9 · Drama, Romance

Jun arrives in Hong Kong from mainland China, hoping to be able to earn enough money to marry his girlfriend back home. He meets the streetwise Qiao and they become friends. As friendship turns into love, problems develop, and although they seem meant for each other they somehow keep missing out.

Directed by Peter Chan Ho-Sun · Written by Ivy Ho

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Maggie Cheung Lee Kiu
Leon Lai Ming Lai Siu Gwan
Eric Tsang Chi-Wai Au Yeung Pao
Kristy Yang Gongru Fong Siu Ting
Christopher Doyle Jeremy
Joe Cheung Tung-Cho Yan
Irene Tsu Rosie Li
Ding Yue George
Michelle Gabriel Cabbage
Crystal Chan Cabbage's Manager
Jane Choi Yan's Friend at Barbeque
Yu Ting George

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