The Poet

(1998)

★ 4.5 IMDb · 6 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1998

Runtime: 114 мин

Country: Hong Kong

Director: Casey Chan Lai-Ying

Cast: 馮德倫, 李綺虹, 張同祖, 森野文子

Plot

Gu Cheng, a contemporary Chinese poet, emigrated to New Zealand with his wife Reimi and his mistress Ching at a time when, faced with a booming economy, cultural and artistic ideologies were stagnating. He had to choose between staying in China and fighting for the "new cultural and artistic movement," or emigrating with his family. He ultimately opted for the latter. Unfortunately, nothing went as he had planned.