An Autumn's Tale
An Autumn's Tale is a 1987 Hong Kong romantic drama film set in New York City starring Chow Yun-fat, Cherie Chung, and Danny Chan. The film is the second entry in Mabel Cheung's "migration trilogy."
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| Traditional Chinese | 秋天的童話 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 秋天的童话 | ||||||||||
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| Directed by | Mabel Cheung | ||||||||||
| Written by | Alex Law | ||||||||||
| Produced by | Dickson Poon John Shum | ||||||||||
| Starring | Chow Yun-fat Cherie Chung Danny Chan | ||||||||||
| Cinematography | David Chung James Hayman | ||||||||||
| Edited by | Lee Yim-hoi Cheung Kwok-kuen Chu San-kit Chan Kei-hop Kwong Chi-leung | ||||||||||
| Music by | Lowell Lo | ||||||||||
| Distributed by | D&B Films | ||||||||||
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Running time | 98 minutes | ||||||||||
| Country | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Languages | Cantonese (main) English (some scene) Japanese (some scene) | ||||||||||
| Box office | HK$25,546,552 | ||||||||||
The film won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film, Best Cinematography (James Hayman and David Chung) and Best Screenplay (Alex Law); Chow was nominated for Best Actor for three films that same year, but won for his performance in Prison on Fire. On the other hand, Chow won his second Golden Horse Award for Best Actor for his role in this film in 1987. Cherie Chung was nominated for Best Actress and Lowell Lo was nominated for Best Original Score, respectively. The film was ranked #49 on the Hong Kong Film Awards' Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures.