Soursweet (1988)

6.0/10 110 min Drama Crime

Overview

Just married Hong Kong couple Chen & Lily emigrate to England, soon to become parents to a little baby boy and generally struggle through life. Chen works long days in a restaurant, while Lily does the housekeeping, daydreaming of setting up their own business, much to Chen's chagrin. When Chen lets his colleague Fok seduce him down a path of mounting gambling debts, he is recruited as a drug courier for a shadowy Chinese triad. Suddenly he realizes that getting their own enterprise could be their only means of escape.

Cast

Sylvia Chang

Lily

Jodi Long

Mui

Soon-Tek Oh

Red Cudgel

King Shih-chieh

Night Brother

Jim Carter

Mr. Constantinides

Philip Tan

Jackie Fung

Eddie Yeoh

Iron Plank

Chua Kah Joo

Lo

Mark Monero

Removal Man

David Forman

14K Member

Tom Wu

14K Member

Lex van Delden

Belgian Lorry Driver

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