Forever Enthralled Page #2

Synopsis: A biographical account of Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star.
Director(s): Kaige Chen
  16 wins & 11 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Year:
2008
147 min
19 Views


And so? Did that count as a surprise?

Let's say I'm intrigued

You like tea? Not afraid to

be called old-fashioned?

I'd like to change taste from time to time

After all this alcohol,

I do just crave a cup of tea

But I prefer wine

I think a man should be like wine

full-bodied, and seductive

And addictive?

Nowadays many westerners are tea-experts

Including a hybrid like you

Do you want to give it a try?

Why don't we go somewhere else?

Hey guys, sorry. Gotta go

I wait for you outside

That's quick

Oh, come on guys,

Let's meet here again on the New Year's Eve

We come back here for

another round and the countdown

Bravo! Tony, Adam suggests December 31

Get three champagne glasses ready on that night

No problem

See you on New Year's Eve

Can I have your mobile?

What?

Don't ask, let me have it

Lest you forget

Reminder:
Our party. December 31

Do come back

To performance!

He's awesome, isn't he?

New Year's Eve

Let's get a girl each on that night

I'm off now

Sure. I'll settle the bill

Take care!

See you

Here's the list your husband has drafted

Total value is 1.6 billion. Equal sharing

What about the Rolls Royce? It's not on the list

Oh, Mr Lam's words,

the car is a gift from his grandfather

It's his own property

I am not being greedy.

I have a son to take care of

He is my whole world

That bastard's got everything

His Chinese slut will have the last laugh

I'm afraid the law is the law

I tried my best

You've got your Bentley,

why don't you get off his back

I was such a fool

to have married him

Don't be upset

Divorce is the new start in life

Do you believe in God?

This Saturday, there is a hymn choir recital

I bought two tickets. Why don't we go together?

As the Psalm goes, The Lord is my shepherd...

I shall not be in want.

He makes me lie down in green pastures,

he leads me beside quiet waters...

Don't play with me. I'm also a Christian

May I have the honour to be your protector?

I'll come to your office to sign the papers

What about the choir recital?

No thanks. I'm your client

Do go back to review these papers

I'm so sorry. Are you OK?

Sorry. I was in your way

Do let me pay your bill

No thank you. We drank a lot. That's not fair

May I insist?

If you do, then shall I repay you with a cut?

My card

Lau Tin-shing?

Come to my shop at 8 pm

next Monday, if you're free

I'll give you a private service

Hi chauffeur, are you downstairs? OK, bye

Hope to see you next Monday

You're such a devil

Don't you like it?

I don't know if I'm in heaven or hell with you

Why are you so fierce?

That's how I hunt

a beast like you

That's a nice ring

Yes, it's my wedding ring

He's in politics. I hate politics

Politics??

You know politics is like prostitution

Now he's busy with all his whores

How can he make time for you?

Is that what we call love?

Love is a luxury

Yes, I love him,

for his granting me such liberty

I love him for his love of power

He never spends much time here

What if he finds us out?

I have his secret

Wow. This is your husband?

Jesus. Who's that girl? She's just a child!

It's a young chic in Shenzhen. Fourteen or fifteen

He kept the video as a trophy

I've discovered it, and stored it

Aren't we just too moral compared with that?

I'm sorry. Did it scare you?

All right. I'll take a shower

Should we be together?

Together? What about your husband?

I mean shall we take shower together?

Most women-writers met a tragic end

Fate was cruel to them

Like Lin, who fell for a poet

But he died in a plane-crash

Hsiao Hung fell in love with her teacher

It was taboo,

and didn't end well either

Their love was brilliant, magical,

but like fireworks, transient

I'm reading a memoir

Is that within the syllabus?

Is that all you're interested in?

Is life programmed into a syllabus?

Don't just bargain, please

The happy gourmet there, is it delicious?

Bring me one next time

Sorry I've been a bit selfish

Class dismissed

Professor Chan, you don't look well

Are you feeling OK?

Do I look sick?

No. But you don't look very happy

You put it so well,

but such knowledge seems outdated

Sad that they're not

interested in the past anymore

So be it

They don't give a stuff,

and I get paid

Not their fault. A literature degree is no MBA

Employers don't like it

Your teaching is brilliant. They just don't get it

Professor!

That guy's waiting to date you

Forget him

Have you ever met anyone like those heroines?

It's a lost breed of rare creatures

Why not?

I'm from Tianshan, the North West

Like you, I feel like an alien in this place

So you're not Han Chinese?

So far away, I bet the air

is clean and fresh there.

Hey, you don't look Chinese.

You have good manners

Hey, I love your country

Fancy coffee at Starbucks?

How did you know I'd turn up?

I saw you with my mind's eye

- Do let me.

- Yes

They play Mozart

for cattle to make Wagyu beef

An art in Kobe. It helps the creature to relax,

the meat becomes tender

I don't do hair-dressing

I do hair sculpture

I bet you tell all women clients the same thing

I'm fussy. I reserve my best lines for

the most fabulous one

Shing, I'm not eighteen anymore

A woman's hair is like an outer-heart

I feel its texture, its delicate warmth,

and explore its secrets

How warm is my other heart now?

A western customer told me this saying:

A bad haircut is two people's shame

You're my work from now on

If I mess it up,

you'll get frowned upon, and I'll share the shame

Have faith in me

You smell like heaven

A rare perfume

Shall I guess? A few drops of Vol de Nuit

A brand with a dark blue fragrance

It's associated with a legend

Like that of The Little Prince.

It was made with a life

During WWII, a French air force

pilot had to fight the Nazis

He made love with his wife

on the previous night

So that he would carry the fragrance to the sky

Sadly, he never came back

How do you feel?

I feel like walking into a waterfall

What do you see?

I saw how you bumped into me that day

You poured wine on me,

and made me wet

Drunk again?

Let's go home

It's my birthday today. Sing me a song

I'll do it later. Shall we go home?

Come on, sing. Happy birthday to you...

- Let's go home morn.

- Come on, sing

Who's she?

- My mother.

- Is she OK?

Just a bit drunk. Sorry sir.

I'll take her home

Ambulance?

No thanks

Come on mom

- Sorry sir.

- I'm fine

I said I'd tell you the truth on my birthday

I should do it now

Is this dad? And this looks like you

He joined our school late

It was a girls' school taking boys in sixth form

He was so popular

Many girls fancied him

And I was so proud,

I thought he should be mine

We both joined the school's opera club

We went out. We fell in love

He got me pregnant

and I was expelled

My grand-dad was in the seafood business

The scandal was a terrible loss of face

He kicked me out

He gave me this flat

I had lived alone to bring you up

What happened to dad?

I heard that he then joined the police force

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