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Lost and Love

2015 · 112 min

A slow, sorrowful journey that weighs heavily on the heart, offering quiet moments of human connection amid relentless loss.

Directed by
Peng Sanyuan
Genres
Drama
Starring
Andy Lau Tak-wah, Jing Boran, Ni Jingyang
Overview
After his young son goes missing, Lei (Andy Lau) begins a 14-year quest to find him.

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Directed by
Peng Sanyuan
Genres
Drama
Starring
Andy Lau Tak-wah, Jing Boran, Ni Jingyang
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • family
  • isolation
  • survival
  • healing
Places
  • road trip
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
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Written by
Peng Sanyuan
Starring
Andy Lau Tak-wah, Jing Boran, Ni Jingyang, He Tao, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Sandra Ng Kwan-yu, Sun Haiying, Xu Di
Music
Zbigniew Preisner
Cinematography
Mark Lee Ping-Bing
Runtime
112 min
Country
China, Hong Kong
Languages
Mandarin

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