A Sentimental Story

This article is about the 1997 TV series. For the film remake, see Crimes of Passion (2013 film).
A Sentimental Story
Also known as
Traditional 一場風花雪月的事
Simplified 一场风花雪月的事
Mandarin Yī Chǎng Fēng Huā Xuě Yuè de Shì
Cantonese Jat1 Coeng4 Fung3 Faa1 Syut3 Jyut6 dik1 Si6
Literally An Occurrence of Wind, Flowers, Snow and the Moon
Created by
  • Liu Yanming
  • Sheng Chongqing
  • Lu Songlin
Written by Hai Yan
Directed by Zhao Baogang
Starring
Ending theme "Feng Hua Xue Yue" (风花雪月) performed by Chen Lin
Composer(s) Chen Xiangyu
Country of origin China
Original language(s)
  • Mandarin
  • Cantonese
  • some English
No. of episodes 20
Production
Executive producer(s) Wang Xiaozhu
Producer(s)
  • Eryong
  • Sun Yi
Cinematography Shen Tao
Running time 45 minutes
Production company(s)

A Sentimental Story[5] is a 1997 Chinese romantic thriller television drama series directed by Zhao Baogang and written by Hai Yan. The story is about a young policewoman falling in love with a gangster she pursues. A smash hit, the series is credited with catapulting lead actress Xu Jinglei, a little-known Beijing Film Academy student, to national fame.[3]

Plot

Some years ago, an Italian violin that Niccolò Paganini supposedly had used was stolen from a Beijing orchestra, smuggled overseas, but miraculously recovered a few years later by the Chinese law enforcement. Strangely, nothing about its recovery was ever printed in the press. Spurned by the police, an intrigued journalist (Pu Cunxin) tracks down Lu Yueyue (Xu Jinglei), a former policewoman who now works as a B-girl in a night club. She also refuses to speak on the case, but he proves more resilient than she expects. Finally she agrees to tell him the whole story, under the condition that he never publishes his story—unless she dies.

After leaving China, the violin first landed in Bangkok before being sold to Poon Dai-wai (Wan Yeung-ming) in Hong Kong, who had just inherited his late father's enterprise. Poon gave the violin to Fung Sai-man (Leung Kai-chi), a senior triad boss, as a present, but when one of Fung's employees secretly brought the violin back to him, Poon hid it and denied knowledge before Fung. That night, the defector was assassinated and several of Poon's employees were shot. Poon Dai-wai decided to send his younger brother Poon Siu-wai (Liu Han-chiang) to mainland China to protect him from Fung's wrath.

Lu Yueyue had just begun working for the Ministry of Public Security when they received intelligence from the Hong Kong Police Force about the possible link between Poon Siu-wai and the stolen violin. To her great excitement, she was assigned to the team working on the case.

Cast and characters

Hong Kong
Beijing

References

  1. ↑ "All editions for '一场风花雪月的事 = Love is sweet and cruel". WorldCat.
  2. ↑ Zhong Xueping (2010). Mainstream Culture Refocused: Television Drama, Society, and the Production of Meaning in Reform-Era China. University of Hawaii Press. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-8248-3469-2.
  3. 1 2 Sun Li (2011-12-21). "The Tale Behind the 'Talented Bella'". China Daily.
  4. ↑ Zhu, Ying; Keane, Michael; Bai, Ruoyun, eds. (2008). "Introduction". TV Drama in China. Hong Kong University Press. p. 8. ISBN 9789622099418.
  5. ↑ Hsia, Heidi (2013-07-08). "Angelababy is not afraid of Xu Jinglei". Yahoo! News.
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