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Soursweet (1988)

1988-05-15 · 1h 50m · EN
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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.

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Mike NewellDirectorIan McEwanWriter

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Sylvia ChangSylvia ChangLilyDanny DunDanny DunChenJodi LongJodi LongMuiSpeedy ChooSpeedy ChooMan KeeHan TanHan TanGrandpaSoon-Tek OhSoon-Tek OhRed CudgelWilliam ChowWilliam ChowWhite Paper FanKing Shih-chiehKing Shih-chiehNight BrotherDavid K.S. TseDavid K.S. TseFokJim CarterJim CarterMr. ConstantinidesPhilip TanPhilip TanJackie FungEddie YeohEddie YeohIron Plank

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NewlywedHong kongMigration

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Genre affinityDramaTheme affinityNewlywed · Hong Kong · MigrationDialogue densityDramaDirector preference16735Actor preference104565 · 266978 · 311251Country preferenceGb

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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.

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Soursweet has a runtime of 110 minutes.

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