Forever Enthralled Page #4

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


You mean he's still in Hong Kong?

- Leave me alone!

- Professor Chan...

Go home. No ice-cream. Go home

Shut up! I want ice-cream

Hey, how can you be so rude?

- Sorry.

- Stop being nosy and get lost!

You little devil. I feel sorry for your parents!

Let's go home... Thank you

This man just assaulted me. You thanked him

I'll tell mommy!

Why did your mom

give me the amber?

Can't you understand?

A million years ago,

this fly had been sunbathing

His life was cut short before

he knew what happened. Sad

Life is so transient. At least

the fly was immortalized

Now he lives in a crystal heaven.

I consider that lucky

But his heaven looks like a tear-drop

Amber means tears of a tiger in classical Chinese

But tigers never cry

Tigers are merciless

My morn must want

you to be my dictator

You mean I'm a tigress

A vegetarian tigeress. Or, A buddhist witch

Hey, why are you here?

I'm here to beat you

Who do you think you are?

All stand-by. We've one minute left

Cam 1 on Wong on the right. Cam 2 master shot

Cam 3 on Ben Ding, the beast

BD is to win. My God.

What a spectacle

Thirty seconds...

Where's his pretty wife?

I wouldn't show up if I were her

That would make

the Beauty and the Beast

How could she have married him?

15 seconds

Ready? 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, pull them apart!

Dr Ding, we meet again

Barrister Wong,

let's fight a fair battle

The young are rebellious

They are a bunch of anarchists

They're into cyber-porn and demonstrations

You, however,

are hero of that rotten clan

I've been fighting

for their rights

Dr Ben Ding, you've been

a shameless spokesman for your class

The poor are languishing away

in cages and boxes

But property prices rocket up

They can hardly breathe in this Winter of Despair

Only an electoral body hand-picked by

Beijing can vote in this election

Property tycoons suck up our blood.

We want universal suffrage

This is a ricked game.

You're part of this dictatorship

Crazy! Don't you think he's a joke!

What joke?

Your husband! They want to

make him the mayor of Hong Kong

You know what the things he's done.

How can you stand it?

That's beside the point. I don't have a choice

Why don't you just leave him?

Leave him, so we can be together

I want to, but not now

Trust me, I need more time

HOW long?

I don't know?

He'll win, at least after he becomes mayor...

Enough. I don't see why you have to wait

What did you tell me your dream was.

What did you say...

You know my dream: to be with you

You said you want a romance

Look at this place. This is

southern France. This is beautiful

We can move there

I'll quit my job. You can leave

all the sh*t behind

Start all over again, Now isn't that

what you call change?

It's not so simple

How can we be together if

we weren't willing to change ourselves?

Andrew, I brought some clothes for you

Linda!

Linda!

You hook up my boy!

You've got me, now my son!

You jerk!

You don't like girls?

Thank you very much! You're so versatile!

You hurt mommy so much, don't you know?

But you and dad never care about me!

Dad's got a mistress,and you a gigolo

What about me?

But what about your school fees,

piano classes, and skiing trips?

I want you to treat me

as a grown-up. Not a baby

I never got what I wanted!

So what did he give you?

We've been close friends for months

I'm happy with him

Shing works so hard,

I want to help him

But mom's helped him with a new salon!

He's been cheating on us. He's a liar!

I've been true to Andrew

I haven't been false with you either

Now what?

I'm not going to Canada.

I want to help with the shop

Are you mad?

You haven't gone through

all these years, to be a hairdresser!

You've got an estate!

We've made up our minds. We'll be together!

It's OK

Not even Beijing could help you

I just want to know

about this cop

He was a murderer, and jailed.

You think he'll still be in charge here?

Don't waste your time

Just go away

And what do you do? A journalist?

He's my father

Lone Chan. Please

- What's up?

- Sir!

This guy came for a cop named Lone Chan

Claimed to be his son

Lone Chan? Your father?

Please sir. He's never met his dad

Now his morn is dying. Please help him

I thought the Hong Kong police serve the people

Prove your honour, please!

Stop it...

You come with me. You stay

The shooting took place here in 1978

I was a new guy then

I knew about it

What happened?

PC Chan was on duty

It was manslaughter

Why did he kill?

Had he been bullied?

I have no idea

Nobody from police had visited him in jail

What happened since his release?

You really want to find out?

The bar opposite to this station,

there's a heavily made-up middle-aged woman

She hangs around there every Saturday night

Go find her. That woman might know something

The bar's name?

Maya

Thank you

Remember, the lady in red

Let's get her

I can't figure out

why the lady in red

We just get there and look around

I had been living in the dark

till you lit up my world

Did I? I'm flattered

Thank you for being my only audience

of my old Peking opera

Peking, that forgotten name,

not Beijing as now known

It was then full of talents,

our Weimar Republic

They say I'm claustrophobic, they don't talk to me

They say depression is hereditary

I want to get away from the city's clamour

I just want some quietude

They think I'm a weirdo,

I'm no weirdo, just a loner

I'm obsessed with solitude

I'm shut down

My life is a dead end

Sorry, I've been boring you

Your father seems to be your burden

If it's a burden,

why do we live with it?

If the state is a grim patriarchy

What does liberation mean?

What a puzzle

Who am I here?

You're getting philosophical

Let's find him on Saturday

Support Ben Ding!

Ben Ding our next mayor!

We're for DB!

We love DB!

If I'm in, you all get full bowl of rice!

Good!

Get lost, you puppet!

Get lost, you loony!

We are for DB!

Ben, you have our support!

Are you crazy?

Why don't you leave him?

How can you stand that?

Please!

How can you let him off?

Shing, you've promised me!

Haven't you promised me?

You get out of here!

I'll let go of Andrew

I'll give up the salon

I'll get lost for good

What?

Do you mean it?

On two conditions

And?

First,

I'd give up all the Salon's shares

You buy them back with $20m

20 millions? You're crazy

Second, Andrew will go

to Canada as planned

I'll go with him

Oh yes? Are you good enough

for the college?

Don't worry. I won't be after Andrew

I have been haunted by a childhood dream

I want to see Niagara Falls

I want to make that pilgrimage

Just to be there

Why don't you join a tour?

I want to join you. A farewell trip

Andrew will go his own way

A short trip?

Not more than 3 days

Andrew, you have your future

Your mom is right. I'm a jerk

I'm a trespasser in your lives

Our paths shouldn't have crossed

Get back to your mother

We've lived on borrowed time

Don't cry

Shall we do this last journey?

What a cozy place.

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