A priest hears a prostitute's confession, a tale which has a 200,000 HK$ debt as its centerpiece. The prostitute accidentally leaves behind an envelope with her address in the confessional. Concealing his true occupation, the priest rents a room in her apartment and begins to straighten out her life. But then she begins to fall in love with the priest...
Direction
Tsui Hark at his most playful—genre-hopping with zero brakes
Acting
Leslie Cheung's nervous energy vs. Anita Yuen's chaotic charm
Writing
Confession-as-plot-device that actually goes somewhere unhinged
Director
Tsui Hark
Leslie Cheung
Chung Kwok Keung
Anita Yuen Wing-Yee
Pak Suet Fa
Sean Lau Ching-wan
Lau Ching Fat
Sunny Chan Kam-Hung
Hung
Alvina Kong Yan-Yin
Tung Tung
Catherine Hung Yan
Mary
Chung King-Fai
Dinosaur
Moses Chan Ho
Chan Chun Nam
Xiong Xinxin
Loanshark Tai
Bau Hon-Lam
Father John
Shing Fui-On
Father Robin
Lee Heung-Kam
Raymond Wong Pak-Ming
Supt. Wong
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Leslie Cheung and Anita Yuen reunited here after 'He's a Woman, She's a Man'—their chaotic chemistry was already proven box office gold.
Tsui Hark reportedly shot this between his darker wuxia epics as a deliberate palate cleanser—explains the 'throw everything at the wall' energy.
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