May 15, 1988
110 min
Full-HD

Soursweet (1988)

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.

Category

Drama Crime

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

First Film Company British Screen Productions Film4 Productions

Sylvia Chang

Lily

Danny Dun

Chen

Jodi Long

Mui

Speedy Choo

Man Kee

Han Tan

Grandpa

Soon-Tek Oh

Red Cudgel

William Chow

White Paper Fan

King Shih-chieh

Night Brother

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