ROMANCING IN THIN AIR

Highly-prolific HK action auteur Johnnie To (ELECTION, DRUG WAR, THE MISSION) is also known for a plethora of romantic melodramas. This subgenre is an East Asian cinematic staple, and ROMANCING IN THIN AIR is one of the very best in its class: touching, sweet, and deeply melancholic. After being dumped publicly at the altar by his co-star, famous actor Michael (Louis Koo) falls into a drunken stupor. He stumbles onto a truck that whisks him up into the snowy mountains of Shangri-La. The truck belongs to Sue (Sammi Cheng Sau-Man), a widow in denial that her late husband, who got lost in the woods nearby, is gone forever.