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Certificate 12A

Cast Li Bingbing Gianna Jun Archie Kao

Directors Wayne Wang

Screenwriters Angela Workman Ronald Bass Michael Ray

Running Time 104 minutes

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Plot
19th century China. Two women, Nina (Li Bingbing) and Sophia (Gianna Jun), embark on a formal friendship - or 'laotong' - that gives them a secret freedom from the binds of a fiercely male-dominated society. Greater strife, though, is just around the corner...

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