Soursweet

May 15, 1988

1h 50m

★ 5.3

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

First Film Company

British Screen Productions

Film4 Productions

Soursweet Trailers

Cast

Lily

Sylvia Chang

Chen

Danny Dun

Mui

Jodi Long

Man Kee

Speedy Choo

Grandpa

Han Tan

Red Cudgel

Soon-Tek Oh

White Paper Fan

William Chow

Night Brother

King Shih-Chieh

Fok

David K.S. Tse

Mr. Constantinides

Jim Carter

Jackie Fung

Philip Tan

Iron Plank

Eddie Yeoh

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