Soursweet
1988•1h 50m•6.0•Released
DramaCrime
Just married Hong Kong couple Chen & Lily emigrate to England, soon to become parents to a little baby boy and generally struggle through life. Chen works long days in a restaurant, while Lily does the housekeeping, daydreaming of setting up their own business, much to Chen's chagrin. When Chen lets his colleague Fok seduce him down a path of mounting gambling debts, he is recruited as a drug courier for a shadowy Chinese triad. Suddenly he realizes that getting their own enterprise could be their only means of escape.
Director
Mike Newell
Writer
Ian McEwan
Languages
English
Studio
First Film Company
Cast
Sylvia Chang
Lily
Danny Dun
Chen
Jodi Long
Mui
Speedy Choo
Man Kee
Han Tan
Grandpa
Soon-Tek Oh
Red Cudgel
William Chow
White Paper Fan
King Shih-chieh
Night Brother
David K.S. Tse
Fok
Jim Carter
Mr. Constantinides
Philip Tan
Jackie Fung
Eddie Yeoh
Iron Plank
Fung Lam
Mrs Law
Chua Kah Joo
Lo
Nigel Fan
Red Cudgel Fighter
Production
Company
First Film Company
Company
British Screen Productions
Company
Film4 Productions
Producer
Roger Randall-Cutler
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