Hong Kong Synopsis
梁祝
“Life is fleeting as a butterfly.”
In 3A.D., during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, parents dress a very pretty, very privileged girl like a boy so she may be educated in a local boarding school. There, she falls in love with a poor, but handsome and industrious young man, but their short love affair ends in disaster.
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Romance + Drama in Hong Kong
90 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Romance and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Lovers itself).
The 1993–1995 Hong Kong Window
The Lovers holds position #16 of 71 Hong Kong films in the 1993–1995 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1990s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Hong Kong, 215 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Lovers premiered alongside 25 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 25 other Hong Kong films in 1994.
The 406th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Audience Engagement
20 audience reviews — more than 42% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity (61th percentile) outruns review volume (42th) — a trending, discussed title among Hong Kong films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #174 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (79th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Romance productions specifically: #27 of 134 (top 20%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Production Companies | Film Workshop, Paragon Films Ltd., Orange Sky Golden Harvest |
| Runtime | 1h 47m |
| Release Date | August 13, 1994 |
| IMDb | tt0110340 |