Movie
Chinese Box
Overview
The story of Hong Kong, from New Year's Day to June 30th, 1997, when the British left their colony and turned it over to the People's Republic of China.
Details
- Release date
- 1997-11-14
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- WW Productions, Le Studio Canal+, NDF International, Pony Canyon
- Country
- United States of America, France, Japan
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jeremy Irons as John
- Gong Li as Vivian
- Maggie Cheung as Jean
- Michael Hui Koon-Man as Chang
- Rubén Blades as Jim
- Jared Harris as William
- Josie Ho as Lilly
- Chaplin Chang as Homeless Man
- Russell Cawthorne as New Year's Party MC
- Emma Lucia as Amanda Everheart
- Ken Bennett as Rick
- Emotion Cheung Kam-Ching as William Wong
Crew
- Wayne Wang - Director
- Jean-Claude Carrière - Writer
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