
"Breaking the constraints of traditional television storytelling, Tam and Chan give a surprisingly in-depth exploration into the modern female psyche, exposing their fears and their desires. In their later attempts in CID: Two Teddy Girls, the pair uses a seemingly typical cat-and-mouse chase story between a cop (Mark Cheung Lui) and two criminal "teddy girls" (Ban Ban and Marysia Lam) to portray the lives of Hong Kong's different social classes.
Directed by Patrick Tam Kar-Ming, CID:兩飛女 leans on a strong ensemble — Ban Ban, Marysia Lam, Tony Wong Yuen-sun — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about screen titles of 1976.
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Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.
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