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Soursweet
60%
Movie
1h 50m
AI Analysis
Soursweet (1988) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Soursweet (1988) — a movie tagged as Drama and Crime with balanced tone moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: 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 Fo… Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect steady storytelling (~110 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Soursweet 60% (4 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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from 4 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1988-05-15
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- TMDB rating
- 6.0
- TMDB ID
- 259079
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What is Soursweet about?
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... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Soursweet?
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How long is the movie Soursweet?
The official runtime for Soursweet is approximately 110 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast

Sylvia Chang
Lily
- D
Danny Dun
Chen

Jodi Long
Mui
- S
Speedy Choo
Man Kee
- H
Han Tan
Grandpa

Soon-Tek Oh
Red Cudgel
- W
William Chow
White Paper Fan

King Shih-chieh
Night Brother
- D
David K.S. Tse
Fok

Jim Carter
Mr. Constantinides

Philip Tan
Jackie Fung

Eddie Yeoh
Iron Plank
- F
Fung Lam
Mrs Law

Chua Kah Joo
Lo
- N
Nigel Fan
Red Cudgel Fighter
- R
Ron Flanagan
Removal Man

Mark Monero
Removal Man

David Forman
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