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Audiences rate it 24 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with opera singer Song Liling – but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Metacritic43/100
Audiences rate it 24 points higher than critics do.
253 audience votes
Key crew
- David CronenbergDirector
- David Henry HwangScreenplay
- Howard ShoreOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jeremy IronsRené Gallimard
- John LoneSong Liling
- Barbara SukowaJeanne Gallimard
- Annabel LeventonFrau Baden
- Shizuko HoshiComrade Chin
- Ian RichardsonAmbassador Toulon
- Richard McMillanEmbassy Colleague
- Vernon DobtcheffAgent Etancelin
- David HemblenIntelligence Officer #1
- Damir AndreiIntelligence Officer #2
- Antony ParrIntelligence Officer #3
- Margaret MaSong's Maid