Soursweet

Soursweet

1988
1h 50m
5.3

5.3/10

3 votes • View on IMDb
Drama Crime
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.

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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
First Film Company British Screen Productions Film4 Productions
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

migration hong kong newlywed

Quick Facts

Release Date May 15, 1988
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0096146

Cast

Sylvia Chang
Sylvia Chang

Lily

Danny Dun
Danny Dun

Chen

Jodi Long
Jodi Long

Mui

Speedy Choo
Speedy Choo

Man Kee

Han Tan
Han Tan

Grandpa

Soon-Tek Oh
Soon-Tek Oh

Red Cudgel

William Chow
William Chow

White Paper Fan

King Shih-chieh
King Shih-chieh

Night Brother

David K.S. Tse
David K.S. Tse

Fok

Jim Carter
Jim Carter

Mr. Constantinides

Philip Tan
Philip Tan

Jackie Fung

Eddie Yeoh
Eddie Yeoh

Iron Plank

Key Crew

Roger Randall-Cutler
Producer
Mike Newell
Director
Ian McEwan
Writer