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"Man and Woman" is a romance film directed by Cai Jiguang and starring Wan Ziliang, Zhong Chuhong, Guan Haishan, Cao Charlie, Luo Lie, Qin Huang and so on. The film tells the story of the emotional entanglement between Meng Sichen, who smuggled into Hong Kong, and the Thai returned overseas Chinese, amateur boxer Jiang Yuansheng and the middle-aged carpenter Gui Uncle.
In 1983, the British government in Hong Kong abolished the policy of re-entry for mainland refugees. Illegal immigrants were never issued residence permits, but at that time, many people still wanted to come in.
Meng Sichen, who is only 22 years old, is a beautiful and sensitive girl. Having just smuggled herself into Hong Kong, she found her relatives' homes at the address in the letter. The Filipino maid who opened the door spoke English, and Si Chen couldn't understand a word.
At this time, her distant relatives appeared. The other side said that the laws in Hong Kong have been changed, and the consequences of taking in stowaways are very serious.
In order to send Si Chen away, relatives paid 100 Hong Kong dollars. Si Chen's personality is stubborn and refuses to accept the food that comes from him. Relatives can't take care of so much and throw Hong Kong dollars in the elevator. She complained that she had managed to put down roots in Hong Kong, and her relatives from the countryside came one after another, how much could she help?
Walking in the unfamiliar city, Si Chen's heart was half cold. Because of the indifference of the relatives, the original plan was interrupted. She tried to apply for a job with a roadside cleaning team, but was refused because she did not have an ID.
In desperation, she returned to the simple wooden house where migrant workers lived and lived with her girlfriend.
Here people live, eat people's homes, and smuggling girls can only use their bodies as rent. As soon as the curtain is broken, the cot creaks, even if it is rent. The whole room was so narrow that some people couldn't sit and eat. When Si Chen first arrived, he temporarily escaped the disaster.
The girlfriend covered Si Chen and took the initiative to bear it for her. So the people in front are eating, and the men and women in the back are trading. Si Chen bowed his head and said nothing, his heart was extremely depressed. This kind of pig and dog is not as good as the day, she can't live a day.
The slums are a mix of people, drug addicts and bad gamblers, and Jiang Yuansheng, an overseas Chinese in Thailand, is a regular visitor here. On this day, Yuansheng and his buddies joined forces to win a lot of money. But this kind of low-end casino, winning too many small lives may be difficult to protect. Yuansheng felt that something was wrong and evacuated with his buddies one after another. The dealer sent a few to chase and slash and kill Yuansheng all the way.
Although Yuansheng easily knocked down one person, there were more and more people behind him. He spilled his money into the air, turned east and west, and fled into a dead end. As a result, Yuansheng lifted the wooden plank and hid inside, and Si Chen just happened to take a bath inside. He threatened with broken glass, and Si Chen, who was naked, was afraid and embarrassed.
The little outside saw Si Chen taking a bath and shouted obscurely to leave quickly. When he saw such a beautiful girl, he couldn't speak for a while. After a while, he helped Si Chen put on the bath towel and hurried away.
Next, the film tells the current situation of the two people's lives. Yuansheng worked odd jobs for a living, occasionally cleaning the exterior walls of the building. As a Hong Kong drifter, he longs to develop once, but he is always addicted to gambling.
If there is not enough money, Yuansheng will go to fight black fists. Because he had learned Hong Quan and Muay Thai, coupled with a brute force, the opponent was beaten to the ground to find teeth.
On this day, Yuansheng won a sum of money and was also photographed by the boss behind the scenes wearing glasses. The boss said that he would take Yuansheng to play a regular selection tournament, and he would bear the training expenses during the period.
On the other side, Si Chen's girlfriend wants to leave the slum. She thought she might as well go to the sea and earn more money to send back to her hometown. As soon as the girlfriend left, Si Chen had to take on the "duty work".
Late at night, it was raining heavily in Hong Kong, and the house was hot and humid. There was a sticky fellow who climbed into bed and hinted at "paying rent." Si Chen suddenly understood, and she was still at the mercy of the other party.
Sometimes, Si Chen would go to the nearby night market. The police are getting stricter and stricter, and ID cards are being spot checked everywhere. On this day, Yuansheng was selected, but he had a legal residence permit.
Si Chen, who just happened to be passing by, was extremely weak-hearted, and it was not a retreat to go. Yuansheng was clever enough to immediately take cover and pretend to be crazy and foolish to recognize her as his wife.
Last time Si Chen saved Yuansheng, this time Yuansheng helped Si Chen. The two walked to the street, but Si Chen was too annoyed. She smuggled it down with great effort and owed snakehead a large amount of money. Due to a momentary impulse, Si Chen rushed to the speeding car and thought of ending his life. Fortunately, Yuansheng quickly pulled her back.
The second time they met, the feelings of the two gradually warmed up. But because of poverty, they parted ways again.
At noon the next day, the neighbor Grandma found Si Chen. She said that the girl is young and beautiful, and it is too wasteful to sell herself here, so it is better to find a local to marry and obtain residency status. It is conceivable that Grandma came prepared.
She said that there is a single carpenter Ah Gui, with a stable income and honesty. Si Chen listened in his ears and gradually had a heartbeat.
In this way, Grandma took Si Chen and Ah Gui to meet. The two men came downtown and turned into an old house that had been around for a long time. Si Chen only knew that Ah Gui's wife died of illness when she could not have children, and she did not know whether the problem was between the man and the woman. When she entered the house, she found that Ah Gui had gray hair, and the difference between the two was at least thirty years.
Ah Gui looked at Si Chen's face and felt very satisfied. He asked Si Chen about her age and the girl's family situation. Si Chen was a little shy, but he could answer all truthfully. It's in the heart of the city, opposite the high-rise buildings, and the environment is much better than the slums.
Grandma whispered that Ah Gui was willing to help her pay her money and would give pocket money every month. But the only requirement was that Si Chen should have a son.
Thinking that he didn't have to serve different men night and night, Si Chen immediately agreed. That night, Ah Gui casually cut a wooden board to widen the bed, and was anxious to make love to the girl. After finishing the matter, Ah Gui was too tired to do so, and Si Chen thoughtfully wiped his sweat.
After the two lived together, Ah Gui was obedient to Si Chen. Not only was he dressed and his furniture looked brand new, he also bought a color television set. At first, Si Chen was very satisfied with his life. She had new clothes, makeup, and waited for Ah Gui to come home every day.
One day, Ah Gui took Si Chen to a boxing match, and the person who punched on the stage was Yuansheng. The game was intense and intense, and Yuansheng was beaten to the fullest. Si Chen was so distressed to see it that he couldn't help but shed tears.
Coincidentally, Yuansheng also saw Si Chen. By the time he got up and beat his opponent, Si Chen was gone.
At this time, the boss will continue to sponsor the next round of selection of Yuansheng. As long as he can win, he can go to the United States.
After a while, Si Chen went to see Grandma with a fruit gift and thanked her for pointing a path for herself. Standing in the window, Si Chen saw a mainland girl who had just arrived in Hong Kong. She wore the dress left by Si Chen and sang Teresa Teng's song.
Si Chen felt a mixture of tastes and did not dare to think about the days when he had sold himself to pay rent.
Just on the way home, Si Chen and Yuansheng met unexpectedly. Now that the current situation of the two has improved a lot, the long-suppressed love has burst out. Si Chen looked forward to helping Ah Gui have a son soon, and he could get residency status.
The long-lived wish to come to Hong Kong is simple, that is, to make a lot of money. Then they kissed and caressed and dried firewood on the side of the road. So what will the direction of this relationship become?
Later, Yuansheng prepares for the next audition, and the opponent is the champion of the previous competition. He trained hard to prepare for the battle, and wanted to make a name for himself in the boxing world.
And Ah Gui wanted a son, and he bought all kinds of things for Si Chen. Ah Gui even promised that as long as he succeeded in giving birth to a child, even if Si Chen was repatriated, he would buy a house in the mainland to take care of mother and son.
Every night, Si Chen was very cooperative in creating people. But she always had trouble sleeping, because she still had a long life in her heart.
Soon, Si Chen accompanied Yuansheng to buy a car. Unexpectedly, these car dealers were hooligans. After the test drive, Yuansheng was cheated out of 900 yuan. At this time, Si Chen was pregnant and had vomiting symptoms.
Ah Gui is busy with business and often rushes to work and does not go home. So Si Chen would take yuansheng on a date at home. Yuansheng hopes to win the game, and when the time comes, he will go to the United States and then take Si Chen with him.
Si Chen was afraid of bleeding and did not want to go to the scene of the game. As for whose child is in the womb?
Si Chen speculated that it should be a distant species. Just as the two were playing, Ah Gui temporarily returned home, frightened and jumped out of the window and fled.
Before the game, the boss hinted that Yuansheng had played a fake punch, and he and his friends had already bet and lost. This made Yuansheng's heart very painful, should he make money first, or should he strive for promotion to the United States? When the time came to the day of the game, Si Chen turned on the TV at home and quietly paid attention to the game of the distant life.
Yuansheng beat the drum and won the first round. But the boss sent someone to pick out the words, so that he had to lose the third round. Yuansheng did not want to cheat, because he wanted to take Si Chen to the United States.
At this time, a news item was inserted on the tv, saying that the British government in Hong Kong had changed the law, and that stowaways could not obtain the right of abode if they gave birth in Hong Kong. This made Si Chen realize that all his efforts had been in vain.
Gensei persisted until the fifth round, eventually knocking out his opponent, yelling at the camera. Si Chen saw that Yuansheng had won the game and rushed out the door to go to the scene, only to step on the empty stairs and fall down, resulting in a large amount of bleeding in his lower body.
The problem is that she can't go to the hospital yet, or she'll be deported. So she tried her best to crawl home and wait for Ah Gui to come back and ask for a personal doctor.
But before the fifth round, the boss gave Yuansheng a stimulant. After the race, after a urine test, Yuansheng was disqualified. Because of disobedience to the order, the boss asked his subordinates to punish Yuansheng.
Several people pressed his hands and feet and poked his wounds with pens. Yuansheng was in pain and tore his lungs, and screams echoed in the locker room.
At the same time, Ah Gui went home to find si chen miscarriage, and the whole person lost his soul. He didn't care whether Si Chen was dead or alive, he kept nagging his son.
Si Chen hated him for being cold and incompetent, and revealed that it was someone else's child. When Ah Gui heard this, his face was suddenly full of madness, and he wanted to rape Si Chen, who had just miscarried.
Yuansheng arrived in time and pushed Ah Gui away with all his strength, and he hugged Si Chen and left the room. And Ah Gui's heart was like ashes, smashing the home appliances he bought for Si Chen.
At the end of the film, Yuansheng helps Si Chen to the street. Due to excessive blood loss, Si Chen could only go to the hospital. And her fate will be to be sent back to the mainland.
A pair of scarred lovers embraced, waiting for an unpredictable fate. Distant life has a legal status, as a man also has a body of strength. Si Chen struggled all the way back to the starting point, and all hopes were lost.
And "Man and Woman" won the Best Screenplay Award at the Golden Horse Awards that year. Director Cai Jiguang's realistic approach to expressing the anxiety and uneasiness of Hong Kong before the return to The Motherland is a classic film that fans cannot miss.
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