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The Forbidden Past (1976)

The Forbidden Past (1976)

Drama Romance
Release Date: 1976, December 16
Directors: Chor Yuen
Countries: Hong Kong
Production: Shaw Brothers
Cast: Lau Wai-Ling, Ling Yun, Ching Li, Tsung Hua, Si Wai, Chang Tzu-le

Overview:

In the sixties, love stories portrayed women as sentimentalists or sacrificial lambs. Later on, directors like Chu Yuan replaced these themes of sacrifice with abandonment. The Forbidden Past is a heart tugging, rare Chinese Christmas story about a bar girl (Ching Li) serving drinks to a man that looks like her husband from five years ago. She convinces him to fulfill her son's wishes of having the father he's never seen, show up for Christmas.