The Allure of Tears

The Allure of Tears
The Allure of Tears
	Film poster
Traditional	傾城之淚
Simplified	倾城之泪
Mandarin	Qīngchéng Zhī Leì
Directed by	Wong Chun-Chun
Written by	Lawrence Cheng; Wong Chun-Chun; Silver Hau; Skipper Cheng
Produced by	Lawrence Cheng; Daniel Feng; Guang Yuan Fu; Grace Song
Starring	Zhou Dongyu; Aarif Rahman; Gigi Leung; Richie Jen; Joe Chen; Shawn Dou
Cinematography	Jing-Pin Yu
Edited by	Wong Hei; Chi-Leung Kwong
Music by	Tsang-Hei Chiu
Production; companies	Cayie Movie & Video Communication Co,.LTD.
Distributed by	Fu Jian Heng ye Film Distribution Co,.LTD.
Release date	22 December 2011 (China);
Running time	111 minutes
Country	China
Language	Mandarin

The Allure of Tears (Chinese: 倾城之泪) is a 2011 Chinese romance drama film co-written and directed by Wong Chun-Chun and starring Zhou Dongyu, Aarif Rahman, Gigi Leung, Richie Jen, Joe Chen, and Shawn Dou. The film consists of three love stories. The film premiered in China on December 22, 2011.^[1]^[2]

Cast[]

Zhou Dongyu as Geilimei, a patient with a blood cancer.
Aarif Rahman as You Le, a brain cancer patient and Fuerdai.
Gigi Leung as Yang Lin, a violinist.
Richie Jen as Ding Dake, Yang Lin's boyfriend.
Joe Chen as Zhang Cai, Chen Sheng's girlfriend.
Shawn Dou as Chen Sheng, a white-collar.

Release[]

The Allure of Tears was released on December 22, 2011 in mainland China, and on March 1, 2012 in Hong Kong.

Reception[]

The viewers accused the film of plagiarizing the plots of Korean films. Most of all, the poster of The Allure of Tears copied the 2005 Korean film Sad Movie.^[3]^[4]

References[]

^ 《倾城之泪》上演三滴泪六大明星倾情出演(组图). 163.com (in Chinese). 2012-02-02.
^ 《倾城之泪》22日上映眼泪风暴即将席卷全国. sina (in Chinese). 2011-12-21.
^ "倾城之泪"酷似韩国电影导演：并非有意抄袭. mtime.com (in Chinese). 2011-12-21.
^ 《倾城之泪》曝人物海报被称“致敬”韩国电影. dbw.cn (in Chinese). 2011-08-03.

External links[]

The Allure of Tears at IMDb
The Allure of Tears at Douban (in Chinese)
The Allure of Tears at Mtime.com (in Chinese)

[1] 《倾城之泪》上演三滴泪六大明星倾情出演(组图). 163.com (in Chinese). 2012-02-02.

[2] 《倾城之泪》22日上映眼泪风暴即将席卷全国. sina (in Chinese). 2011-12-21.

[3] "倾城之泪"酷似韩国电影导演：并非有意抄袭. mtime.com (in Chinese). 2011-12-21.

[4] 《倾城之泪》曝人物海报被称“致敬”韩国电影. dbw.cn (in Chinese). 2011-08-03.

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