Starry Is the Night

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📊 Film Specifications

Director Ann Hui
Writer Leung Suk-Wah (Screenplay)
Original Title 今夜星光燦爛
Release Date October 13, 1988
Runtime 94 min (1h 34m)
Country Hong Kong
Language CN
Budget N/A
Box Office N/A
Studios Tomson (Hong Kong) Films Co., Ltd. • Shaw Brothers

Starry Is the Night (1988)

Directed by Ann Hui
• Written by Leung Suk-Wah
⭐ 3.3 / 5 (4 votes) ⏱️ 94 min 🎬 Romance
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'Rating Consensus & Critics'

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– / 5
MATCHCUT Members
– / 10
IMDb Audience
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TOMATOMETER Critics
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METASCORE Top Critics
6.5 / 10
TMDB (4)

Ratings Breakdown:

4 TMDB votes
0.5 Stars 'Community distribution populates with member logs' 5.0 Stars

Synopsis

As Cai Mei, a single 40 year old woman and a social worker starts a relationship with a teen-ager Tian-Ah, she remembers her relationship when she was young with her professor, a married man older than her.

Top Cast & Filmmakers

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Director Ann Hui
Ann Hui
Director
 Screenplay Leung Suk-Wah
Leung Suk-Wah
Screenplay
 Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia
Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia
To Caimei
 George Lam Tsz-cheung
George Lam Tsz-cheung
Dr Y. C. Cheung
 David Wu
David Wu
Cheung Tien-on
 Maryanna Yip San
Maryanna Yip San
Vivian
 Derek Yee Tung-Sing
Derek Yee Tung-Sing
Poon Chung-lung
 Rebecca Pan
Rebecca Pan
Actor
 Jade Hsu
Jade Hsu
Actor
 John Woo
John Woo
Father Fan
 Calvin Poon Yuen-leung
Calvin Poon Yuen-leung
Actor
 Maria Tung Ling
Maria Tung Ling
Actor
 John Shum Kin-Fun
John Shum Kin-Fun
Actor
 Stephen Wong Wai-Him
Stephen Wong Wai-Him
Actor

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