The Allure of Tears

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]

The Allure of Tears
Film poster
Traditional Chinese	傾城之淚
Simplified Chinese	倾城之泪
Hanyu Pinyin	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	Yu Jing-pin
Edited by	Wong Hei Kwong Chi-leung
Music by	Chiu Tsang-hei
Production company	Cayie Movie & Video Communication
Distributed by	Fu Jian Heng ye Film Distribution
Release date	22 December 2011 (2011-12-22) (China)
Running time	111 minutes
Country	China
Language	Mandarin

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 film was accused of plagiarizing the plot of several Korean films and duplicating the poster concept of the 2005 South Korean film Sad Movie.^[3][4]

References

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.

External links

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