Movie: The Forbidden Past

Top 6 Billed Cast

Ching Li
Ching Li

Julie

Ling Yun
Ling Yun

Lo Wei / Paul Zhou

Chang Tzu-le
Chang Tzu-le

Nien Tzu

Tsung Hua
Tsung Hua

Tzen Hwa

Si Wai
Si Wai

Alan

Lau Wai-Ling
Lau Wai-Ling

Marie

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1976-12-16

  • Average

    5.7

  • Rating:

    2.9 starts
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  • Languages:

    普通话

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