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Tempting Heart

1999 · 115 min

A gentle, wistful romance that unfolds through memory, leaving a bittersweet ache about love and missed chances.

Directed by: Sylvia Chang
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Gigi Leung Wing-kei, Karen Mok Man-wai

Overview: A female director decides to make a autobiographical film on her love life and we see it through the use of flashbacks and brilliant intercutting.

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Directed by: Sylvia Chang
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Gigi Leung Wing-kei, Karen Mok Man-wai

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
memory
identity
betrayal
grief
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	8
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: Sylvia Chang
Written by: Sylvia Chang, Cat Kwan Ho-ming
Starring: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Gigi Leung Wing-kei, Karen Mok Man-wai, William So Wing-Hong, Sylvia Chang, Elaine Jin Yan-Ling, Leon Dai, Cher Yeung Suet-Yee
Music: Kay Huang
Cinematography: Mark Lee Ping-Bing
Runtime: 115 min
Country: Hong Kong
Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin

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