A Tale of Three Cities
| A Tale of Three Cities | |
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| Chinese | 三城记 |
| Directed by | Mabel Cheung |
| Written by | Mabel Cheung Alex Law |
| Starring | Sean Lau Tang Wei Qin Hailu Jing Boran |
| Music by | Henry Lai |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
| Countries | China Hong Kong |
| Language | Mandarin |
A Tale of Three Cities (Chinese: 三城记) is a 2015 war romance film directed by Mabel Cheung. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, the film is about the real love story of two people (Charles and Lee-Lee Chan, parents of Jackie Chan) who met in Wuhu during the Second Sino-Japanese War in the 1930s, separated in Shanghai during the Chinese Civil War in the 1940s, and finally reunited in Hong Kong in the 1950s while their children from previous marriages were left behind in mainland China (whom they would not see again until 38 years later).[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Plot
[edit | edit source]In the turbulent 1940s and 1950s, love was hard to come by. An engagement token, a love song, or a promise were enough to make lovers obsessed. Policeman Fang Daolong, with his complex identity, meets the enigmatic Chen Yuerong, and their love story unfolds across three cities. They fell in love in Anhui, separated in Shanghai, but they still kept a promise to each other and waited for reunion in Hong Kong. That night, Daolong waited for the boat carrying Yuerong to dock at the shore of Hong Kong Island, but unexpectedly the boat had an accident. Yuerong finally arrived in Hong Kong smoothly and started a new life with Daolong.
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Sean Lau as Fang Daolong
- Tang Wei as Chen Yuerong
- Qin Hailu as Sister Qiu
- Jing Boran as Shou Maihua
- Huang Jue as Master Zhou
- Elaine Jin as Yuerong's mother
- Li Jianyi as grandfather
- Jiao Gang
- Philip Chan
See also
[edit | edit source]- Traces of a Dragon, 2003 documentary film on Jackie Chan's parents, also directed by Cheung
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External links
[edit | edit source]- A Tale of Three Cities at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Official Trailer w/ English subtitles on YouTube
- 2015 films
- Hong Kong war drama films
- Hong Kong romantic drama films
- Hong Kong epic films
- 2010s war films
- 2010s romance films
- Chinese war drama films
- Chinese romantic drama films
- Films based on actual events
- Films set in the 1940s
- Films set in the 1930s
- Films set in the 1950s
- Heyi Pictures films
- Films set in Hong Kong
- Films set in Shanghai
- Films set in Anhui
- Films directed by Mabel Cheung
- 2010s Hong Kong films
- Films scored by Henry Lai Wan-man
- Films about the Chinese Civil War
- 2010s Hong Kong film stubs
