The Other ½ & the Other ½
Genres
Overview
Clara Law's debut feature deals with her common theme of emigration as two people, man and woman, from separate couples, have to room together while their spouses are in America to finalize the Canadian citizenship process.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
93 min
Release Date
1988-04-16
Status
Released
Original Language
Vote Count
2
Vote Average
8
Tien Niu
Mrs June Lee
Zulian Kam Kwok-Leung
Sam Cheung
Cora Miao
Connie
Eric Tsang
Tak
Law Kar
Sam's boss
Fung Lai-Tsz
Frankie
May Fu Yuet-Mei
Lady Mary
Frank Liu Zong-Ji
Eric
Chow Chi-Fai
June's Personnel Mgr
Four Tse Liu-Shut
Job interviewer
James Au
Ma Kwok-Hang
Lee Siu-Ling
Cindy
Cheung Yuen-Wah
June's colleague
Law Shu-Kei
Man queuing for public phone
Mak Shu-San
Man queuing for public phone
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