Women | |
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Traditional Chinese | 女人心 |
Simplified Chinese | 女人心 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Nǚ Rén Xīn |
Jyutping | Neoi2 Jan2 Sam1 |
Directed by | Stanley Kwan |
Written by | Yau-tai On-ping Kit Lai |
Produced by | Vicky Leung Lee |
Starring |
Cora Miao Chow Yun-fat Cherie Chung Elaine Jin |
Cinematography | Bill Wong |
Edited by | Chow Siu-lam Fong Bo-wa |
Music by | Law Wing-fai |
Production companies | Pearl City Films Shaw Brothers Studio |
Distributed by | Shaw Brothers Studio |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese |
Box office | HK$9,487,785 [1] |
Women is a 1985 Hong Kong drama film directed by Stanley Kwan in his directorial debut. Like Kwan's following films, Women focuses on female characters and their efforts to overcome cultural restrictions. [2] The cast includes Cora Miao, Chow Yun-fat, Cherie Chung and Elaine Jin. It was nominated for nine Hong Kong Film Awards including Best Picture.
The film follows Po-yee ( Cora Miao) as she starts her new life as a single mother after divorcing her husband, Derek ( Chow Yun-fat), having found out he was having an affair with another woman, Sha-nau ( Cherie Chung).
The film was nominated for nine Hong Kong Film Awards but failed to win any. In addition Cora Miao received a Best Actress nomination at the Golden Horse Film Festival.
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