COMRADES: ALMOST A LOVE STORY (2K Restoration)

Jun arrives in Hong Kong from mainland China, hoping to be able to earn enough money to marry his girlfriend back home. He meets the streetwise Qiao and they become friends. As friendship turns into love, problems develop, and although they seem meant for each other they somehow keep missing out.

Dir. Peter CHAN

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"Almost a Love Story." Love is a journey that reaches for eternity more than the destination ever could. Regret, once formed, crystallises into a permanent memory like amber. In times of peace, love lacks grand tragedy, yet it must battle the whims of destiny. This film captures the zeitgeist of the 80s and 90s: the tide of migration, the pursuit of wealth, and the collision of romance and pragmatism. Through the characters, we witness a generation in flux—parted by circumstance, yet reunited by a classic song. Within these myriad possibilities of love, the essence of youth is defined in its most authentic form.

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A film critic and editor. She writes regularly for newspapers and magazines in Hong Kong and Mainland China, including “City Magazine” and “Global Screen”. YANG is also editor of two collections of screenplays by the veteran screenwriter CHIU Kang-Chien.