Chinese Box

     

Chinese Box1997

Stars: Jeremy Irons, Li Gong, Maggie Cheung, Michael Hui
Genre: Drama, Romance
Rating: R
Runtime: 99 minutes

Set during the Chinese takeover of Hong Kong in 1997, this fascinating film uses that urgent and grandly ceremonial political backdrop for an intimate study of personal transition. Jeremy Irons plays a seasoned journalist who discovers he is termina… more »


John:
Just a week ago all I wanted was to tell Vivian how much I loved her. But now I see that's the one thing I mustn't do. I can't offload my illness onto her, or Jim, or Mary and the kids. I don't want the look in their eyes to remind me I'm dying. I wonder if I can hold out longer than the British. Not that I could be described as an empire.

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