Summaries

A Fiction Writer and her sister travel to the country to work on a new novel. But, local thugs and a murder complicate matters.

A writer (Maggie Cheung) decides to visit the countryside with her sister (Bonnie Law) and friend (Fong Liu) so she could work on her new novel. There, they stumble upon a village full of oddball characters and a murder that allegedly took place in their neighbor's house. As a result, the three are determined to poke around the premises for clues and weed out the killer. However, a police detective (Mark Cheng) is weary of the witnesses' testimony that a murder occurred in such a small, quiet town.—Oliver Chu

Details

Keywords
  • murder
  • giallo
  • hong kong giallo
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Comedy
  • Mystery
  • Crime
Release date May 20, 1987
Countries of origin Hong Kong Taiwan
Language English Cantonese
Production companies Cinema City Film Productions Cheng's Film Production Ltd. Raymond Wong Production

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 33m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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