Hong Kong movie The story takes place in Shanghai. The emotional story of three women. One of them has been with her boyfriend for 7 years.

Movie title: People in New York (also known as: The Story of Three Women)

Director: Kwan Kam-peng

Screenwriter: Qiu Daianping and Chung A-shing

Starring: Sylvia Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Siqin Gaowa, Ke Yizheng and Gu Meihua

Released: 1990

Region: Hong Kong, China

Type: Drama

[Edit this paragraph] Introduction

A story about an ordinary woman version of "Beijingers in New York".

The film "The Story of Three Women", shot by Hong Kong director Kwan Kam-peng in 1988, uses a very realistic style to vividly and profoundly depict the story of three women from different regions in the context of social changes. The story of how Chinese women choose their own path in life. The film is peaceful and soothing, but also true and powerful. It can be called a masterpiece that reflects the changes in women's ideology and life in recent years. The film has a strong creative lineup, not only starring three major movie queens: Sylvia Chang, Maggie Cheung, and Siqin Gaowa, but also Qiu Dai Anping (Qiu Gangjian) wrote the first draft of the script, mainland writer Zhong Acheng revised the final draft, and Guan Jinpeng led the crowd to the United States for on-site filming.

"The Story of Three Women" describes three Chinese women from across the Taiwan Strait and three places who met in New York by fate. They became friends and could exchange some people's feelings and opinions in a foreign land, but they still had to face their own problems. Sylvia Chang plays Huang Xiongping, the daughter of Taiwanese actor Huang Xiongping, Maggie Cheung plays Li Fengjiao, an independent Hong Kong immigrant, and Siqin Gaowa plays Zhao Hong, a mainland woman who married to the United States. The performances of the three of them were all quite wonderful. Among them, the scene where the three of them were drunk and singing wildly on the streets of New York was particularly moving. The exquisite performance of film technology reached international standards, making it one of the most important films at the turn of the 1980s and 1990s. It won several awards including Best Feature Film at the 26th Taiwan Golden Horse Awards.

The three women in the film have very different backgrounds, life experiences, and educations, so they have constant conflicts in their living habits, ideological concepts, and behavior in the world. However, they are also descendants of the Yan and Huang descendants, especially Strong national self-esteem tightly links them together. The film delicately depicts their different emotional worlds through detailed descriptions. They all have their own joys and sorrows and life pursuits in the United States, and everyone strives to find their own position and value. The film won eight awards at the 26th Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, including Best Feature Film, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, and Best Sound Recording.