Comrades: Almost a Love Story
甜蜜蜜
This is not so much a story about people falling in love, but rather of two young hearts trying their best not to fall in love with each other.
7.9/10 Great 182 votes
- Released
- 05 Sep 2026
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Certificate
- Category IIA
- Original title
- 甜蜜蜜
- Language
- cn
The verdict
Audiences rate it 7.9 out of 10 on TMDB across 182 votes — a strong score. It is not currently playing in Hong Kong cinemas. Category IIA · 116 minutes.
What it is about
Maggie Cheung’s hustler from Guangzhou moves to Hong Kong determined to get rich. Leon Lai’s rube from Tianjin migrates to Hong Kong to earn enough money to marry the girl back home. When the two immigrants meet by chance, they strike up an alliance that grows into friendship, and then friendship becomes something much more fun and complicated. Peter Chan’s epic 1996 romantic comedy Comrades: Almost a Love Story depicts a cosmopolitan Hong Kong full of romantic potential for working people.
What to expect
Peter Chan’s 1996 drama follows two mainland transplants navigating Hong Kong on their own terms. Maggie Cheung is a Guangzhou striver who treats the city as a ladder; Leon Lai plays a Tianjin innocent saving every dollar for a fiancée he left behind. Their arrangement starts transactional, turns companionable, and then tips into something neither will name. The movie earns its two hours by staying close to the small, telling moments — a shared bowl of noodles, a glance held a beat too long — rather than grand gestures. The IIA certificate means it is accessible to most audiences, and the 7.9 audience score from 182 votes suggests it lands with the people who find it. The Hong Kong release on 5 September 2026 screens in Cantonese with English and Chinese subtitles. It runs 116 minutes.
Trailer
Cast
- Leon Lai
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Maggie Cheung
Lee Kiu - Leon Lai Ming Lai Siu Gwan
- Eric Tsang
- Eric Tsang Chi-Wai Au Yeung Pao
- Kristy Yeung
- Kristy Yang Gongru Fong Siu Ting
- Christopher Doyle Jeremy
- Joe Cheung Tung-Cho Yan
- Irene Tsu Rosie Li
- Ding Yue George
- Michelle Gabriel Cabbage
- Crystal Chan Cabbage's Manager
- Jane Choi Yan's Friend at Barbeque
- Yu Ting George
- Gine Lui Travel Agency Owner
- Heather Traber U.S. Immigration Officer
- Len Berdick U.S. Immigration Officer
Crew
- Director Peter Chan
- Director Peter Chan Ho-Sun
- Writer Ivy Ho
- Music Jun Fun Chiu
- Music Chiu Tsang-Hei
- Director of Photography Jingle Ma Choh-Sing
- Editor Chan Ki-Hop
- Editor Eric Kwong Chi-Leung
- Producer Peter Chan Ho-Sun
- Producer Raymond Chow
Common questions
- How long is the movie?
- 116 minutes.
- What is the Hong Kong certificate?
- IIA — suitable for all ages, though it may contain mild content.
- Is it in Cantonese? Are there subtitles?
- The original language is Cantonese, with English and Chinese subtitles available.
