Soursweet
1988 film
- 1988 (1988) (UK)
Running time
Soursweet is a 1988 British film directed by Mike Newell. The screenplay was written by Ian McEwan from the 1982 novel Sour Sweet by Timothy Mo.
Plot
The story, set in the 1960s, is a comedy drama about a young Hong Kong Chinese couple who emigrate to England and start a family. Initially Chen works long hours in a Chinese restaurant while his wife Lily looks after their baby, dreaming of the day when they can open their own business. When Chen becomes indebted to Triads through gambling he decides it is time for his family to go at it alone.
Cast
- Sylvia Chang as Lily
- Danny Dun as Chen
- Jodi Long as Mui
- Soon Tek-Oh as 'Red' Cudgel
- Jim Carter as Mr. Constantinides
- William Chow as White Paper Fan
- Shih Chieh King as Night Brother
Honours
- Golden Hugo (Best Feature Film) - Chicago International Film Festival (nominated)[citation needed]
References
- Soursweet at IMDb
External links
- Soursweet at IMDb
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Films directed by Mike Newell
- The Awakening (1980)
- Bad Blood (1981)
- Dance with a Stranger (1985)
- The Good Father (1985)
- Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)
- Soursweet (1988)
- Enchanted April (1991)
- Into the West (1992)
- Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
- An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
- Donnie Brasco (1997)
- Pushing Tin (1999)
- Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
- Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
- Great Expectations (2012)
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
- Of the Fields, Lately (1976)
- The Man in the Iron Mask (1977)
- Birth of a Nation (1983)
- Blood Feud (1983)
- The Interestings (2016)
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