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Love After Love

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Love After Love tells the story of Ge Weilong (Sandra Ma), a young woman from Shanghai who turns up on the doorstep of Madame Liang (Faye Yu), her much richer aunt living the good life in prewar Hong Kong. Weilong wants to study in Hong Kong but has no money and is hoping her aunt might help her out. However, Weilong's father and aunt Liang, his sister, aren't on good terms, with the latter stating that she'd "gladly pay for his coffin" but would not otherwise give him a cent. That she still takes in the girl suggests not a sudden and atypical outpouring of familial love or general pity for an inexperienced young woman, but rather foreshadows something more ominous: Madame Liang -- note that name -- might see a way she can profit from having the beautiful and somewhat naïve young lady in her household, which has been surviving at least partially on the generosity of rich male acquaintances.

Critics Reviews

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Claire Shaffer New York Times 03/17/2022
What could make for a captivating story involving a transgressive love triangle is, even on a micro level, ineffective. Go to Full Review Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter 09/16/2020
A hushed but gorgeous melodrama. Go to Full Review Jessica Kiang Variety 09/09/2020
"Love After Love" goes through the motions of classic, rousing melodrama but not the emotions. Go to Full Review Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse 12/26/2022
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In the end, “Love After Love” emerges as something more than an “eye candy”, but not to a degree to fully justify it as a whole, with the final verdict regarding its quality lying with how long one can live with just the visual beauty of the title. Go to Full Review Edmund Lee South China Morning Post 07/22/2022
3/5
An impeccably staged production that vividly evokes decadent high-society life in pre-war 1930s Hong Kong. Go to Full Review Sean Gilman In Review Online 02/01/2022
In design, the film is impeccable [but] ... it doesn't really work as drama. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Ann Hui

Director

Sichun Ma

Ge Weilong

Yu Feihong

Madame Liang

Eddie Peng

George

Janine Chun-Ning Chang

Actor

Wei Fan

Actor
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Movie Info

Synopsis Love After Love tells the story of Ge Weilong (Sandra Ma), a young woman from Shanghai who turns up on the doorstep of Madame Liang (Faye Yu), her much richer aunt living the good life in prewar Hong Kong. Weilong wants to study in Hong Kong but has no money and is hoping her aunt might help her out. However, Weilong's father and aunt Liang, his sister, aren't on good terms, with the latter stating that she'd "gladly pay for his coffin" but would not otherwise give him a cent. That she still takes in the girl suggests not a sudden and atypical outpouring of familial love or general pity for an inexperienced young woman, but rather foreshadows something more ominous: Madame Liang -- note that name -- might see a way she can profit from having the beautiful and somewhat naïve young lady in her household, which has been surviving at least partially on the generosity of rich male acquaintances.
Director
Ann Hui
Screenwriter
Anyi Wang
Genre
Drama, Romance
Original Language
Chinese
Runtime
2h 24m