Rouge

The runaway success of GHOST probably had much to do with the art-house release of this supernatural romance from Hong Kong received in the Fall of 1990 (it was made in 1987). Audiences that were lucky or smart enough to find their way to ROUGE were enchanted by this poignant, entertaining film. Fleur (Anita Mui), a high-priced prostitute (she claims a man once paid $500 just to stroke her neck), commits suicide in 1934 so that she can join her lover, Chan (Leslie Cheung, like Mui, a pop star), in the spirit world. Chan is the scion of a prosperous business family who won't allow him to see Fleur, so the lovers have opted for a dual suicide. But something has gone ...