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	傾城之淚
Simplified	倾城之泪
Mandarin	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	Jing-Pin Yu
Edited by	Wong Hei Chi-Leung Kwong
Music by	Tsang-Hei Chiu
Production companies	Cayie Movie & Video Communication Co,.LTD.
Distributed by	Fu Jian Heng ye Film Distribution Co,.LTD.
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 viewers accused the film of plagiarizing the plots of Korean films. Most of all, the poster of The Allure of Tears copied the 2005 Korean film Sad Movie.[3][4]

References

External links

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