Rouge (88 Films) Blu-ray

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Release date: 20th Jan, 2025

Cantopop superstars Anita Mui Yim-fong and Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing display their iconic androgynous magnetism as doomed lovers in this emblematic film of Hong Kong’s Second New Wave, directed by pioneering queer melodrama master Stanley Kwan. Rouge bridges past and present in its tragic romance between a humble courtesan and the wayward scion of a wealthy family, who embrace death by suicide pact amid the opulent teahouses of 1930s Hong Kong. Fifty years later, she returns to the city-state to find him, drawing a young contemporary couple (Alex Man Chi-leung and Emily Chu Bo-yee) into her quest to rekindle a passion that may be as illusory as time itself. With its lush mise-en-scène and transcendently melancholy mood, this sensuous ghost story is an exquisite, enduringly resonant elegy for both lost love and vanishing history.

SPECIAL FEATURES:
• 4K Director Approved transfer from the Original Camera Negative
• High Definition Blu-rayTM (1080p) presentation in 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio
• 2.0 Cantonese Dual Mono
• 5.1 Cantonese Surround Sound
• Newly translated optional English subtitles
• Another Kind of Chinese Ghost Story - An Interview with Director Stanley Kwan
• Archive Interview with Director Stanley Kwan
• Trailer
• Stills Gallery
• Reversible sleeve with brand-new artwork from Yu-Ming Huang & original Hong Kong poster artwork