Tempting Heart

Tempting Heart

1999 · 115 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama, Romance

A female director decides to make a autobiographical film on her love life and we see it through the use of flashbacks and brilliant intercutting.

Directed by Sylvia Chang · Written by Cat Kwan Ho-Ming

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