The Phantom Lover
The Phantom Lover ★★½ Ye Bang Ge Sheng 1995
It's “The Phantom of the Opera” Hong Kong style, although it's a adult fairytale rather than a horror story. In 1936 a theatrical troupe hopes to restore a burned-out opera house for their performances. Legendary singer Sung Dan-Ping (Cheung) was thought to have died in the fire, instead, horribly disfigured, he hides out in the ruins and dreams of his lost love (Chein-Lien). Chinese with subtitles or dubbed. 102m/C VHS, DVD . HK Leslie Cheung, Chien-Lien Wu, Philip Kwok, Roy Szeto; D: Ronny Yu; W: Roy Szeto, Raymond Wong; C: Peter Pau; M: Chris Babida.
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