Overview

Following the lives of three downtrodden but resilient outcasts, John Lo Mar's gritty social drama paints a sense of realism rarely seen in Hon Kong movies. Li Ching - the best actress of her era - play Ah Chiao is a girl from a rural village stranded in the city, who befriends a kind-hearted transient and a retired actor. They are poor, but they are happy. Although her fortune changes for the better when she becomes a singer, she ultimately learns money can't buy happiness.

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Cast

Li Ching

Ah Jiao

Yau Fung

Blockhead

Wang Sha

Uncle

Tang Ching

Gao Zhi Ren

Lily Leung Shun-Yin

Jiao's pose instructor

Yeung Kei

Gao's wife

Lam Yuen

Gao's friend

Hui Ying-Sau