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Chinese Box

Can never find a hairdresser when I need one!

Set against the backdrop of the handover of Hong Kong to China, this film uses a love triangle as a metaphor of the situation. A British businessman, dying of cancer, is in love with a Chinese barmaid, and also gets involved with a female Chinese street vendor.

99 minutes, All ages
Romance, Drama, On the Art Circuit

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Credits
Cast	Jeremy Irons, Li Gong, Maggie Cheung, Michael Hui, Rubén Blades
Director	Wayne Wang
Screenplay	Larry Gross, Jean-Claude Carriè, Paul Theroux, Wayne Wang
Music	Graeme Revell
Sound formats	Dolby
Soundtrack	Not available
Made in	1997
Produced by	Le Studio Canal+, NDF International, WW Productions

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape ArgusOwen Williams	15
TV3 ScreenplayBarry Ronge	16
International Media
eye Weekly (Canada)Alex Patterson	10
Box Office (USA)Shlomo Schwartzberg	5
Rough Cuth (USA)Gary Susman	15
Internet (IMDB)89 Netizens	14

Average .. 63%	13

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