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The Forbidden Past

1976Directed by Chor Yuen

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Released: December 16, 1976
Runtime: 1h 21m

About The Forbidden Past

Romance
Drama

Synopsis

In the sixties, love stories portrayed women as sentimentalists or sacrificial lambs. Later on, directors like Chu Yuan replaced these themes of sacrifice with abandonment. The Forbidden Past is a heart tugging, rare Chinese Christmas story about a bar girl (Ching Li) serving drinks to a man that looks like her husband from five years ago. She convinces him to fulfill her son's wishes of having the father he's never seen, show up for Christmas.

Director: Chor Yuen
Writers: John Yip
Chor Yuen
Original title: 小樓殘夢

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