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Information
- A.k.a.
- A City of Sadness
- Year
- 1989
- Runtime
- 157 min.
- Director
- Hsiao-hsien Hou
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Rating *
- 7.8
- Votes *
- 3,345
- Checks
- 1,119
- Favs
- 91
- Dislikes
- 11
- Favs/checks
- 8.1% (1:12)
- Favs/dislikes
- 8:1
Top comments
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Liv Ullmann
I loved the music, the atmosphere and the scenery. Simple but solid, moving story. Besides, Tony Leung's performance was brilliant from my point of view. Provided that you like drama packed history worth the watch. 9 years 4 months ago -
mightysparks
Well that's silly, if you go by that reasoning then no-one should be able to favourite it either. 12 years 8 months ago -
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