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Farewell, China
爱在别乡的季节 愛在別鄉的季節
Clara LAW
- 116 min
- 1990
- Fiction
- Cantonese, English, Mandarin
- English and Chinese Subtitles
2K Restoration
Content Advisory: This film contains scenes of sexual violence
In 1988, after repeated rejections, LI Hong (Maggie CHEUNG), a woman from Panyu, Guangdong, finally obtains a visa to the United States. Leaving behind her husband, ZHOU Nansheng (Tony LEUNG Ka-Fai), and their young child, she sets off alone for New York, hoping to reunite with her family one day. But a year later, Nansheng receives a letter from her demanding a divorce. In 1989, he smuggles himself into New York in search of his wife. Penniless and wandering the streets, he befriends Jane (Hayley MAN), a 15-year-old Chinese American girl who helps him gradually piece together the hardships LI Hong has endured over the past year. When the couple finally reunites, LI Hong is no longer the woman he remembers. What price must one pay in pursuit of freedom and hope?
Director
Clara LAW (b. Macau) is a filmmaker and screenwriter currently based in Australia. She graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a degree in English Literature before studying at the National Film and Television School in the UK. In 1985, she made her debut with They Say the Moon Is Fuller Here, a graduation feature which she wrote, directed, and starred in, winning the Silver Plaque at the Chicago International Film Festival. Her notable works include Autumn Moon (1992) and Floating Life (1996), which won the Golden Leopard and Silver Leopard, respectively, at the Locarno Film Festival, while Temptation of a Monk (1993) and The Goddess of 1967 (2000) were selected for competition at the Venice Film Festival. She won Best Director at the 58th Golden Horse Awards for Drifting Petals (2021). Her latest film, Ripples in the Mist (2025), had its world premiere at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival.
Credits
- DirectorClara LAW
- Principal CastMaggie CHEUNG, Tony LEUNG Ka-Fai, Hayley MAN
- PresenterAnthony CHOW
- Executive ProducerTeddy Robin
- ScreenplayEddie FONG Ling-Ching
- CinematographerJingle MA Cho-Shing
- Production DesignerRebecca LEE
- EditorKAM Ma
- MusicJim SHUM Sing-Tak