Soursweet
6.3
Just married Hong Kong couple Chen & Lily emigrate to England, soon to become parents to a little baby boy and generally struggle through life. Chen works long days in a restaurant, while Lily does the housekeeping, daydreaming of setting up their own business, much to Chen's chagrin. When Chen lets his colleague Fok seduce him down a path of mounting gambling debts, he is recruited as a drug courier for a shadowy Chinese triad. Suddenly he realizes that getting their own enterprise could be their only means of escape.
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Cast
40 people
Sylvia Chang
Lily
Known for
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Eat Drink Man Woman
Danny Dun
Chen
Mike Newell
Ian McEwan
Roger Randall-Cutler
Michael Garfath
Jodi Long
Mui
Known for
Dash & Lily
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Timothy Mo
Speedy Choo
Man Kee
No other roles listed
Han Tan
Grandpa
Also in
American Playhouse
Soon-Tek Oh
Red Cudgel
Known for
Mulan
The Man with the Golden Gun
William Chow
White Paper Fan
Mike Newell Director · Ian McEwan Writer Timothy Mo Author
First release May 15, 1988 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production British Screen Productions, Film Four International
Production
First Film Company
Production
British Screen Productions
Production
Film Four International
Production
Zenith Entertainment
Production
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
France · May 15, 1988
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Australia
February 9, 1990
Canada
September 13, 1988 · Toronto Film Festival
Denmark
December 1, 1989
United Kingdom
May 15, 1988
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