Soursweet

Soursweet

Directed by	Mike Newell
Produced by	Roger Randall-Cutler
Written by	Timothy Mo (novel) Ian McEwan, screenplay
Starring	Sylvia Chang Danny Dun
Music by	Richard Hartley
Cinematography	Michael Garfath
Edited by	Mick Audsley
Distributed by	Curzon
Release dates	1988 (1988) (UK)
Running time	110 minutes
Language	English

Soursweet is a 1988 British film directed by Mike Newell. The story, set in the 1960s, is a comedy drama about a young Hong Kong Chinese couple who emigrate to England and start a family. Initially Chen works long hours in a Chinese restaurant while his wife Lily looks after their baby, dreaming of the day when they can open their own business. When Chen becomes indebted to Triads through gambling he decides it is time for his family to go it alone. The screenplay was written by Ian McEwan from the novel Sour Sweet by Timothy Mo.

Cast

Sylvia Chang - Lily
Danny Dun - Chen
Jodi Long - Mui
Soon Tek-Oh - Red Cudgel
Jim Carter - Mr. Constantinides
William Chow - White Paper Fan
Shih Chieh King - Night Brother

Honours

Golden Hugo (Best Feature Film) - Chicago International Film Festival (nominated)

References

Soursweet at the Internet Movie Database

External links

Soursweet at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Mike Newell

The Man in the Iron Mask (1977)
The Awakening (1980)
Bad Blood (1982)
Birth of a Nation (1983)
Dance with a Stranger (1985)
The Good Father (1985)
Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)
Soursweet (1988)
Enchanted April (1992)
Into the West (1992)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Pushing Tin (1999)
Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
Great Expectations (2012)

Works by Ian McEwan

Novels	The Cement Garden (1978) The Comfort of Strangers (1981) The Child in Time (1987) The Innocent (1990) Black Dogs (1992) Enduring Love (1997) Amsterdam (1998) Atonement (2001) Saturday (2005) On Chesil Beach (2007) Solar (2010) Sweet Tooth (2012) The Children Act (2014) Nutshell (2016)

Story collections	First Love, Last Rites (1975) In Between the Sheets (1978)

Children's novels	Rose Blanche (1985) The Daydreamer (1994)

Television plays	Jack Flea's Birthday Celebration (1976) The Imitation Game (1980)

Screenplays	The Ploughman's Lunch (1985) Soursweet (1988) The Good Son (1993) On Chesil Beach (2017)

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