While attending their respective parent’s funeral in London, two strangers discover their parent’s secret love affair spanning across three decades and two continents.

City.of.Glass.1998.DVDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

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Container:	Matroska
Runtime:	1h 50mn
Size:	1.94 GiB
DXVA:	Compatible
Minimum settings:	Met
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Resolution:	712x352 ~> 712x400
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Chinese 5.1ch AC-3 @ 384 Kbps

https://nitro.download/view/EB95A04E86FCCD7/City.of.Glass.1998.DVDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

Language(s):Mandarin
Subtitles:English,Chinese

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The Soong family was a political dynasty in China that reached the highest levels of power. This film follows the lives of the three Soong daughters, who were educated in America and returned to China. Ai-ling (the oldest) married a wealthy and powerful businessman. Ching-ling married Sun Yat-sen, the revolutionary founder of modern China. Mei-ling (the youngest) married Chiang Kai-shek, China’s leader during World War II. The sisters captured the world’s fascination for their brilliant marriages and their strong influence on their nation.

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https://nitro.download/view/56DF6269BD197C4/The.Soong.Sisters.AKA.Song.Jia.Huang.Chao.1997.DVDrip.x264.mkv

Language:Mandarin
Subtitles:Chinese,English

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Hong Kong native Jennifer (Cherie Chung) moves to New York City to study for her Master’s Degree and to reunite with her boyfriend Vincent (Danny Chan Bak-Keung). There, she meets her very distant relative Samuel Pang (Yun-Fat Chow), a street smart and wise-talking waiter-by-day and gambler-by-night, who helps Jennifer settle in her apartment building in the outskirts of Brooklyn. When Jennifer discovers that Vincent is being unfaithful, she nearly puts all her plans to a halt. But, Pang talks sense into her and helps her adjust to her new life in the Big Apple and without Vincent, resulting in an unlikely relationship.

2.24GB | 1h 39m | 1024×552 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/74E6ECC78B7CDF3/An.Autumn’s.Tale.1987.BDRIP.576p.x264.AC3.KJNU.mkv

Language(s)Cantonese,English,Japanese
Subtitles:English

The post Mabel Cheung – Chou tin dik tong wah AKA An Autumn’s Tale (1987) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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Mabel Cheung may be one of the lesser known names of the early 80s Hong Kong New-Wave – directors such as Tsui Hark and Ann Hui gaining a greater attention worldwide – yet she has an indelible auteur’s stamp that ensure her greater works will stand the test of time. The subtle strokes which she paints works such as the sublime ‘An Autumn’s Tale’ are testament to the efficacy of her understated, yet consistently resonant style. ‘Eight Taels Of Gold’ is the opportunity to see the auteur behind the lens directing one of Hong Kong’s most beloved stars, Sammo Hung, as he participates in a rare non-action role.

New York taxi driver Slim (Sammo) illegally entered his new home nearly two decades ago and finally considers himself a U.S. citizen when his green card is confirmed. He decides to travel back to China and re-acquaint himself with his family and the village life he enjoyed years prior to his emigration. On arriving, Slim initially has to face the quirks of the country of his birth before he meets childhood friend Jenny – still known to him by her nickname ‘Odds-and-Ends’ – who travels through China with him.When the friends eventually reach the isolated village of Slim’s birth, a tearful reunion with his parents and younger sister follows and the years of their estrangement are forgotten. Yet news of Jenny’s upcoming marriage to another Chinese immigrant living in New York ruins his happiness as Slim has begun to view her as more than just a good friend. Despite his words of encouragement to Jenny and own attempts to find a wife in his village, the portly taxi driver is about to see his true love disappear into the horizon with her own arranged mate.

From the chaotic metropolis of New York to the Chinese hinterland, ‘Eight Taels Of Gold’ is a drama that thrives on contrasts and what is seen rather than what is said. Mabel Cheung, alongside longtime writing partner and husband Alex Law, fashions an unlikely love story that hints at deeper emotions with long, lingering shots of the quietly lonely lead pair. As with ‘An Autumn’s Tale’ the effect is bittersweet and the consummate skill of director and writer is to burrow under our skin with beautifully subtle pathos. The contrast between Slim’s proud repatriated New Yorker and the parochial Jenny yields the necessary chemistry while their inherent differences melt away as the story continues.There is little doubt that Sammo Hung is a skilled actor, but this was his greatest opportunity to break down the barriers and prove it. That’s certainly not to say that his action dramas do not feature strong performances – see ‘Pedicab Driver’ as the obvious example – but many critics refuse to acknowledge that these genre films can actually contain professional work alongside the usual physicality. Naturally ‘Eight Taels Of Gold’ offered Sammo the limelight within an ‘acceptable’ framework and he grasps this role with all of his usual vim. Whether playing the loutish oaf or the vulnerable lover, Hung is an assured thespian and, in keeping with the Mabel Cheung way, allows the hidden pain display itself on his world-weary face. Sylvia Chang is particularly good here as Jenny, a protagonist far less confident than her usual roles.’Eight Taels Of Gold’ rewards those not looking for emotional fireworks or melodramatic denouements. Those rewards are hidden in each frame of Cheung’s film and every emotion etched on the characters’ faces. ‘An Autumn’s Tale’ may remain Mabel Cheung’s finest hour, but ‘Eight Taels Of Gold’ is certainly not to be ignored.

2.88GB | 1h 45m | 1024×576 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/18F3E16C6553903/Mabel_Cheung_-_(1989)_Eight_Taels_of_Gold.mkv

Language(s):Cantonese
Subtitles:English

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