Rouge

Rouge

They loved across two generations and two different worlds.

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Release Date

12/5/1987

Runtime

96 mins

Overview

Amid the opulent teahouses of 1930s Hong Kong, a humble courtesan and the wayward scion of a wealthy family fall in love and embrace death by suicide pact. Fifty years later, her ghost returns to find him, drawing a young contemporary couple into her quest to rekindle a passion that may be as illusory as time itself.

Status

Released

Original Language

cn

Budget

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Revenue

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A haunting romance that bridges decades through a ghost's yearning for lost love, blending sumptuous 1930s Hong Kong with contemporary mystery in a meditation on whether passion can truly transcend death and time.

Mood

MelancholicRomanticWistfulUnsettling

Themes

LoveMortalityMemoryObsession

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Meditative

Look

PainterlyHigh-contrast

Structure

Framed flashback

Heads up

Suicide and self-harm

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