Out of the Shaw Brothers vaults comes Love in a Fallen City, an early-eighties drama featuring the combination of award-winning director Ann Hui and Hong Kong actor supreme Chow Yun Fat! Cora Miu is Liu Siu Pai, an aging divorcee in 1940's Shanghai, whose inability to get remarried is a frustration for herself and her family. Pai agrees to visit Hong Kong to meet Mr. Fan (Chow Yun Fat), a seemingly-insensitive gentleman who recognizes something within Pai, and begins to ardently woo her. Pai has her guard up, but Fan's charm and persistence begin to have an effect. Meanwhile, the Japanese are on the verge of invading Hong Kong, sending Pai and Fan's small, intimate world into complete chaos. Based on a novel by celebrated Chinese author Eileen Chang, Love in a Fallen City is one of the most welcome discoveries from the Shaw Brothers vaults. The combination of Chow Yun Fat and Ann Hui, and a story of love found beneath the shadow of war, makes Love in a Fallen City an emotional, heartbreaking drama.

(Digitally Remastered from HD Master Version)