Alan and Eric are childhood friends who are separated when Eric moves to America. They are reunited in Hong Kong when Eric finds Alan at the cafe where the latter is working as a waiter and singer. Together they forge a business which is destroyed in a storm. Meanwhile, both have met a lady named Olive, and both strive for her affection.
Acting
Maggie Cheung walks into this chaos and somehow grounds everything.
Direction
Peter Chan makes a cafe singer feel like Shakespearean tragedy.
Director
Peter Chan Ho-Sun
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film's Chinese title literally translates to 'Double City Story,' referencing both Hong Kong and San Francisco as sites of displacement.
This was part of a wave of 1990s Hong Kong films exploring male friendship under economic pressure, before the handover anxiety peaked.
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