An Autumn's Tale
An essential and timeless theme if ever there was one, love naturally holds a special place in cinema. Romantic, sensual, obsessive, ambiguous, forbidden, lighthearted or profound, love on screen is as diverse as the individuals who live its stories. Drawing form different eras, tones, and cinematic styles, this program brings together a selection of remarkable films that will warm your heart from the start of the winter season to Valentine’s Day.
Winner of three Hong Kong Film Awards, including Best Film, in 1988
Jennifer arrives in New York to study and join her lover Vincent, but he's already moved on. Heartbroken and penniless, she contacts Samuel, a distant cousin. Even though they have nothing in common, they quickly bond.
Mabel Cheung
Alongside Ann Hui and Clara Law, Mabel Cheung is one of the most accomplished directors of the Hong Kong New Wave. She first worked as a TV screenwriter and director before resuming her film studies at New York University in 1981, where she met her future husband and collaborator, Alex Law. Her first three feature films, Illegal Immigrant (1985), An Autumn’s Tale (1987), and Eight Tales of Gold (1989), explore the lives of the diaspora in New York. An Autumn’s Tale is considered one of the finest films in Hong Kong cinema of the 1980s, earning the Best Film Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards. Cheung later directed The Soong Sisters (1997), a historical epic starring Maggie Cheung and Michelle Yeoh, which was immediately banned by Chinese authorities. Her most recent film, To My Nineteen-Year-Old Self, was released in 2022.
