Farewell China (1990)

Directors

Clara Law

Cast

Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Ka-fai

The story

In 1988, Li Hong travels from Shawan Village in Panyu, Guangzhou to New York City on a student visa, leaving her infant son in the care of her schoolteacher husband, Zhao Nansheng, and his elderly parents. Li writes back home to complain of homesickness, but Zhao urges her to persevere. A few months later, Li tells Zhao that she will soon be eligible for permanent residence in the United States; she also requests a divorce and ceases further communication with him.

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