The Forbidden Past (1976)

In the sixties, love stories portrayed women as sentimentalists or sacrificial lambs. Later on, directors like Chu Yuan replaced these themes of sacrifice with abandonment. The Forbidden Past is a heart tugging, rare Chinese Christmas story about a bar girl (Ching Li) serving drinks to a man that looks like her husband from five years ago. She convinces him to fulfill her son's wishes of having the father he's never seen, show up for Christmas.

Released

1976-12-16

Genres

Romance, Drama

Runtime

81 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Chor Yuen, Chor Yuen

TMDB rating

6.5/10 from 4 votes