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昨夜長風 (1994)
Tears and Triumph


Reviewed by: hktopten
Date: 12/21/1999

Unwed mother (Anita Yuen) works as a manager in a department store.When the store is the target of a takeover, her new life and her old life begin to merge, as she discovers one of her new boss is also her child's father (Lam Man Lone), who left her to marry into a wealthy family year ago. Enters her other boss (Lau Ching Wun), the only son of the wealthy tycoon, and the beginning of a film that moves like a soap opera. Average.


Reviewed by: hkcinema
Date: 12/08/1999

A well-made copycat of "C'est La Vie, Mon Cheri". Anita Yuen is an unwed mother who struggles to survive in a competitive company. The good news is, the boss of the company (Lau Ching Wan) falls in love with her and helps her out any way he cans. The bad news is, the second boss of the company is her ex-boyfriend who will stop at nothing to get rid of her, her son, and the other boss while he's at it, in order to protect his money and power. Great theme song by Faye Wong in her Cantonese remake of the Mandarin song "Yong Xin Liang Ku" by Zhang Yu.

(4/5)



[Reviewed by Brandon S. Ou]


Reviewed by: spinali
Date: 12/08/1999
Summary: NULL

Sai Ming Jun (Anita Yuen) was doing just fine as an office administrator until the Zao family took over; turns out that one Zao brother, the decent one (Lau Ching Wan) is falling in love with her, while his older brother had fathered her only child. The family complications are a tad contrived, but its reflections on the concubine system (which exists to this day) and family politics make this a very tense feel-good movie.

(2.5/4)



[Reviewed by Steve Spinali]

Reviewer Score: 6