Chinese Box (1997)

1997 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Chinese Box (1997)
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Romance Drama Romantic Drama Journalism Colonialism Disease · Illness

New Year's Eve 1996. John (Jeremy Iron) is an English journalist moving among the Chinese business elite and British officials at expensive nightclubs. However, the politics of transition are seen through the prism of his personal relationships. He is in love with Vivian (Gong Li), a woman he meets in Beijing who's now working at a club owned by Chang (Michael Hui), the man she wants to marry. But Chang wants to become respectable and won't marry her because of her checkered past. After a personal crisis, John goes out with a camcorder to capture images of the last days of British rule. He becomes fascinated by Jean, a mysterious woman who hides half her face behind a scarf as she darts through the streets aggressively selling strange items. Played with a manic verve by martial arts star Maggie Cheung, Jean comes to represent everything that is strange and enigmatic about Hong Kong.

Direction Wayne Wang

Cast Jeremy Irons · Gong Li · Maggie Cheung · Ricky Hui · Rubén Blades · Jared Harris · Josie Ho · Ralph Lister · François Chau · Ken Bennett · Winston Ellis

Soundtrack Graeme Revell

Screenplay Jean-Claude Carrière · Larry Gross · Rachel Ingalls · Paul Theroux · Wayne Wang

Cinematography Vilko Filac

Original title Chinese Box

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