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The Forbidden Past

1979 ยท 1 hr 21 mins

In the sixties, love stories portrayed women as sentimentalists or sacrificial lambs. Later on, directors like Chu Yuan replaced these themes of sacrifice with abandonment. The Forbidden Past is a heart tugging, rare Chinese Christmas story about a bar girl (Ching Li) serving drinks to a man that looks like her husband from five years ago. She convinces him to fulfill her son's wishes of having the father he's never seen, show up for Christmas.

Director: Chor Yuen

Cast: Ching Li, Ling Yun, Chang Tzu-le, Tsung Hua, Si Wai

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