It’s about a couple that keep falling in and out of love while leaving pre-handover Hong Kong for life in Argentina all in pursuit to see Iguazu Falls, which serve as a leitmotif in the movie.
Both suffer as they fall out of love in a foreign life and find their dependancy on each other growing as they become part and alienated by their new home.
It was a pleasant watch, even if the movie was bit spacey and the couple anger makes it feel as though there are many climaxes in one plot line.
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You lost me at leitmotif
why?
“The handover ceremony was a miserable affair and such is my lot that I had to sit on stage, stay awake and smile. It’s not easy. No wonder Mummy didn’t want to come. The Chinese army came marching in – might need to get the troop at the Palace to come over and learn a few things…”