Movies by Stanley Kwan
Welcome to our dedicated selection of films directed by Stanley Kwan. Here, you can explore a diverse range of works that highlight Stanley Kwan’s unique vision, storytelling style, and contribution to the world of cinema. Whether you’re an avid fan or discovering Stanley kwan’s filmography for the first time, this collection will guide you through critically acclaimed masterpieces, hidden gems, and influential titles that have shaped the director’s legacy.
Everlasting Regret (2005)
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A person's life is destined to be shorter than that of a city. Having spent her whole life in Shanghai, Qiyao has her moments of prosperity and her fair share of loneliness. She finally fades and disappears but Shanghai remains a metropolitan city. Shanghai in the 1930s is glamorous and seductive.
Lan Yu (2001)
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A love story between a country boy in Beijing to study and a wealthy businessman set against the backdrop of the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident.
Still Love You After All These (1997)
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A personal memoir reflecting upon director Stanley Kwan's career and identity, set upon the backdrop of the 1997 handover of Hong Kong. Kwan adopts a complicated cinematic structure which includes excerpts from his previous films, his '97 stage play, and the soundtrack to Wong Kar-wai's "Days of Being Wild."
Center Stage (1991)
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Based on the tragic true story of China's first prima donna of the silver screen, Ruan Lingyu, chronicling her rise to fame as a movie actress in Shanghai during the 1930s. Nicknamed the 'Chinese Garbo', Ruan Lingyu began her career at 16 and committed suicide at 24.
Rouge (1987)
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Amid the opulent teahouses of 1930s Hong Kong, a humble courtesan and the wayward scion of a wealthy family fall in love and embrace death by suicide pact. Fifty years later, her ghost returns to find him, drawing a young contemporary couple into her quest to rekindle a passion that may be as illusory as time itself.
Love Unto Wastes (1986)
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Four young people spend their time living the wild life - until one of them is brutally murdered in a burglary. The survivors come under the scrutiny of an eccentric cop, and their underlying fears and regrets slowly but surely emerge.