Comrades: Almost a Love Story

Comrades, Almost a Love Story () is a 1996 Hong Kong film starring Maggie Cheung, Leon Lai, Eric Tsang, and Kristy Yang. It was directed by Peter Chan.

Plot

The film, spanning years, centers on two Chinese mainlanders who migrate to Hong Kong to make a living, but end up falling in love. Leon Lai plays a naive Northerner, Li Xiao-Jun, and Maggie Cheung plays an opportunist/entrepreneur, Li Qiao, who takes advantage of mainlanders like herself for financial gains. The loneliness of living in the big city inevitably brings the two into a passionate love affair. Because of his commitment to another woman, Xiaoting, Li Qiao leaves Li Xiao-Jun and winds up in a relationship with a mob boss named Pao. Li Xiao-Jun returns to and marries his fiance, but his love for Li Qiao continues and they secretly meet and rekindle their love. Unfortunately, guilt and circumstances lead Xiao-Jun and Li Qiao to separate, only to find each other again as lonely immigrants in America in the end. They have both been freed from their previous partners through a confession of the infidelity and a tragic death, and finally after almost ten years, the lovers are able to unite at last. It is an epic love story that spans ten years. It was filmed in Hong Kong and New York City.

Production

The Chinese title of the film, Tian Mi Mi, comes from a famous Teresa Teng song of the same name. The movie displays love of the famous singer who died a year before the film was released; the film is considered a...
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