

Soursweet
1988 · Movie · 1h 50m
DramaCrime
Overview
Just married Hong Kong couple Chen & Lily emigrate to England, soon to become parents to a little baby boy and generally struggle through life. Chen works long days in a restaurant, while Lily does the housekeeping, daydreaming of setting up their own business, much to Chen's chagrin. When Chen lets his colleague Fok seduce him down a path of mounting gambling debts, he is recruited as a drug courier for a shadowy Chinese triad. Suddenly he realizes that getting their own enterprise could be their only means of escape.
Ratings
IMDb
6.7/10
Key crew
- Richard HartleyOriginal Music Composer
- Mike NewellDirector
- Ian McEwanWriter
Cast
- Sylvia ChangLily
- Danny DunChen
- Jodi LongMui
- Speedy ChooMan Kee
- Han TanGrandpa
- Soon-Tek OhRed Cudgel
- William ChowWhite Paper Fan
- King Shih-chiehNight Brother
- David K.S. TseFok
- Jim CarterMr. Constantinides
- Philip TanJackie Fung
- Eddie YeohIron Plank
Stills
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