Love_After_Love_(2020_film)

<i>Love After Love</i> (2020 film)

Love After Love (2020 film)

2020 Chinese film

Love After Love (Chinese: 第一炉香) is a 2020 Chinese romance drama film directed by Ann Hui, and starring Ma Sichun, Faye Yu, Eddie Peng, Chang Chun-ning and Fan Wei. The film had its world premiere at the 77th Venice International Film Festival on September 8, 2020.[4][5] It was released theatrically in China on October 22, 2021.[6]

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The film marked the third time Hui directed an Eileen Chang adaptation (following 1984's Love In A Fallen City and 1997's Eighteen Springs). It is an adaption of Chang's novella Aloeswood Incense: The First Brazier,[7] a sprawling love story set in 1940s Hong Kong.[8][9]

Synopsis

Set in Hong Kong shortly before the Second World War, Ge Weilong (Sandra Ma) plays a young girl who travels from Shanghai to Hong Kong in pursuit of education, but ends up working for her aunt seducing rich and powerful men.

Cast

Music

The film's soundtrack was composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto.[10]

Release

The film had its world premiere at the 77th Venice International Film Festival on September 8, 2020.[11] It also screened at the 25th Busan International Film Festival on October 23, 2020,[12][13] and at the 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival on October 31, 2020.[14]

Awards and nominations

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