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Women is a 1985 Hong Kong drama film directed by Stanley Kwan in his directorial debut. Like Kwan's following films, Women focuses on female characters and their efforts to overcome cultural restrictions.[2] The cast includes Cora Miao, Chow Yun-fat, Cherie Chung and Elaine Jin. It was nominated for nine Hong Kong Film Awards including Best Picture.

Women
Film poster
Traditional	女人心
Simplified	女人心
Mandarin	Nǚ Rén Xīn
Cantonese	Neoi2 Jan2 Sam1
Directed by	Stanley Kwan
Written by	Yau-tai On-ping Kit Lai
Produced by	Vicky Leung Lee
Starring	Cora Miao Chow Yun-fat Cherie Chung Elaine Jin
Cinematography	Bill Wong
Edited by	Chow Siu-lam Fong Bo-wa
Music by	Law Wing-fai
Production companies	Pearl City Films Shaw Brothers Studio
Distributed by	Shaw Brothers Studio
Release date	12 June 1985 (1985-06-12)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$9,487,785 [1]

Plot synopsis

The film follows Po-yee (Cora Miao) as she starts her new life as a single mother after divorcing her husband, Derek (Chow Yun-fat), having found out he was having an affair with another woman, Sha-nau (Cherie Chung).

Awards and nominations

The film was nominated for nine Hong Kong Film Awards but failed to win any. In addition Cora Miao received a Best Actress nomination at the Golden Horse Film Festival.

5th Hong Kong Film Awards:

• Nominations:
  • Best Picture
  • Best Director (Stanley Kwan)
  • Best Actor (Chow Yun-fat)
  • Best Actress (Cora Miao)
  • Best Supporting Actress (Elaine Jin)
  • Best Screenplay (Tai An-Ping Chiu, Kit Lai)
  • Best Cinematography (Bill Wong)
  • Best Original Film Score (Wing-fai Law)
  • Best Art Direction (Tony Au)

Golden Horse Film Festival:

• Nominations:
  • Best Actress (Cora Miao)

References

External links

• Women at IMDb
• Women at Rotten Tomatoes

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