Hongkong Love Affair (1996)

Hongkong Love Affair: Directed by Peter Ho-Sun Chan. With Maggie Cheung, Leon Lai, Eric Tsang, Kristy Yeung. Two Chinese-mainlanders living in Hong Kong form a close friendship. Over the years this grows into love, but there are obstacles.

“u0026quot;Almost a Love Storyu0026quot; is known as a classic among the Asian countries, not just China or Hong Kong. However, I somehow missed watching it until 2014(!) perhaps because I was not too eager to see yet another uninspiring romantic comedy, which seems to have been the norm for quite some time now in the cinema world. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAfter seeing every combination of the romantic comedy formula for years, I did not expect much out of u0026quot;Almost,u0026quot; which admittedly has plenty of its own clichéu0026#39;s and coincidences. But despite those, the movie still manages to be achingly beautiful and heart-taxingly stark in its depiction of the human condition. This movie may especially shock the Westerners who are used to u0026quot;cleanu0026quot; and neat romantic love stories. If you havenu0026#39;t seen it yet, I highly recommend it as soon as possible.”