The Forbidden Past

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MOVIE

The Forbidden Past

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.

Original Title

小樓殘夢

Release Date

1976-12-16

Year

1976

Duration

1h 21m

Status

Released

Score

5.70

Production

Cast

Ching Li

Ching Li

Julie

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Ling Yun

Lo Wei / Paul Zhou

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Chang Tzu-le

Nien Tzu

Tsung Hua

Tsung Hua

Tzen Hwa

Si Wai

Si Wai

Alan

Lau Wai-Ling

Lau Wai-Ling

Marie