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Women (1985 film)

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Director
  
Stanley Kwan

Duration
  

Music director
  
Law Wing-fai

Country
  
Hong Kong

6.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Running time
  
1h 31m

Screenplay
  
Kong-Kin Yau, Lai Kit

Language
  
Cantonese

Women (1985 film) movie poster

Release date
  
12 June 1985

Writer
  
Kang Chien Chiu, Kit Lai

Cast
  
Chow Yun-Fat
,
Cora Miao
,
Cherie Chung
,
Eric Tsang
,
Elaine Jin

Similar movies
  
Chow Yun-Fat movies, Movies about affairs, Hong Kong movies

Women is a 1985 Hong Kong drama film directed by Stanley Kwan in his directorial debut. Like Kwan's following films, Women focuses on female characters and their efforts to overcome cultural restrictions. The cast includes Cora Miao, Chow Yun-fat, Cherie Chung and Elaine Jin. It was nominated for nine Hong Kong Film Awards including Best Picture.

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Plot synopsis

The film follows Po-yee (Cora Miao) as she starts her new life as a single mother after divorcing her husband, Derek (Chow Yun-fat), having found out he was having an affair with another woman, Sha-nau (Cherie Chung).

Awards and nominations

The film was nominated for nine Hong Kong Film Awards but failed to win any. In addition Cora Miao received a Best Actress nomination at the Golden Horse Film Festival.

5th Hong Kong Film Awards:

  • Nominations:
  • Best Picture
  • Best Director (Stanley Kwan)
  • Best Actor (Chow Yun-fat)
  • Best Actress (Cora Miao)
  • Best Supporting Actress (Elaine Jin)
  • Best Screenplay (Tai An-Ping Chiu, Kit Lai)
  • Best Cinematography (Bill Wong)
  • Best Original Film Score (Wing-fai Law)
  • Best Art Direction (Tony Au)

    • Golden Horse Film Festival:

  • Nominations:
  • Best Actress (Cora Miao)

    • References

    Women (1985 film) Wikipedia
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    Women (1985 film) IMDb Women (1985 film) themoviedb.org