Rouge

Rouge

They loved across two generations and two different worlds.

1987 · 96 min · ★ 7.4 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Mystery

Amid the opulent teahouses of 1930s Hong Kong, a humble courtesan and the wayward scion of a wealthy family fall in love and embrace death by suicide pact. Fifty years later, her ghost returns to find him, drawing a young contemporary couple into her quest to rekindle a passion that may be as illusory as time itself.

Directed by Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang · Written by Lilian Lee Bik-Wah

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