Directed by Peter Ho-sun Chan • 1996 • Hong Kong
Starring Leon Lai, Maggie Cheung, Kristy Yang

This immensely moving tale of love struggling against fate unfolds over the course of a decade as a pair of Chinese mainlanders—the naive Li Xiao-jun (Leon Lai) and the streetwise Li Qiao (Maggie Cheung)—meet while chasing their fortunes in Hong Kong. Despite the attraction between them, they find their would-be relationship beset by obstacles on diverging paths that ultimately lead to New York City. Threaded with the music of Taiwanese pop idol Teresa Teng, COMRADES: ALMOST A LOVE STORY blends intoxicating romance with a subtle exploration of immigration, identity, and displacement.