Red Rose White Rose

110 Minutes | 1994 | Fiction | Cantonese Dubbing | English and Chinese Subtitles
35mm Film

TONG Zhenbao (Winston CHAO) is known for being righteous—until he meets his old classmate’s wife, WANG Jiaorui (Joan CHEN). When Jiaorui responds to his love with genuine affection, Zhenbao, fearing societal pressure and gossips, retreated and married MENG Yanli (Veronica YIP), a conservative and delicate woman introduced by his mother. In this loveless and dull marriage, Zhenbao begins seeking pleasures elsewhere to satisfy his desires. As their superficial marriage falls into chaos, Zhenbao unexpectedly reunited with Jiaorui. The Jiaorui of today was vastly different from the charming woman Zhenbao remembered, leading him into deep reflection…

Born in 1957, Stanley KWAN graduated from the Hong Kong Baptist College with a degree in mass communications. He once landed a job at Hong Kong’s Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) before working as production assistant for Ann HUI and other Hong Kong directors. His debut feature, Women (1985), starring Chow Yun-fat, was a major box office success. As a key figure in the Hong Kong Second Wave, Kwan constantly explores the power of female protagonists and their romantic struggles with sympathetic eyes, and such directorial credits include Rouge (1987), Full Moon in New York (1989), Center Stage (1992), Red Rose White Rose (1994) and Everlasting Regret (2005). His latest film First Night Nerves (2018) was screened at our festival in 2019 as the Closing Night presentation.