Product Details

• Actors: Chow Yun Fat, Cherie Chung
• Directors: Mabel Cheung
• Format: DVD Region, NTSC, Restored, Widescreen, Subtitled
• Subtitles: English, Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Joy Sales (HK)
• Run Time: 98 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001879IRA
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #162,217 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Simply put, this could be one of the finest 'small' films ever made. As warm and soft as a homemade quilt on a cold evening, this is a film which entices you into a state of quiet delight and never lets go, even after the final credits have long since scrolled away. Shot in New York on a shoestring budget, An Autumn's Tale relies on the sheer brilliance of cast, director, musical score and cinematography to tell a simple story about life and love.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A warm, sweet story., August 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: An Autumn's Tale [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A warm, sweet story about a shy young woman named Jennifer who leaves her family and upbringing in Hong Kong behind to study acting with her boyfriend in New York. She is introduced to New York by "Figurehead", who assigns himself the task of assisting his "4th aunt's 13th cousin" to settle down in the slums of her new hometown.

Shy and unsure of herself, Jennifer is assisted through homesickness, a bit of culture shock and a broken heart by "Figgy". Though he is uncouth and crude he is kind and faithful, unlike Jennifer's fickle upperclass boyfriend.

After many trials and tribulations, Figgy falls for Jennifer. Of course there are complications, and that's what this film is about: the complexities of love.

Chow Yun-Fat gives an outstanding performance as Figgy, and Cherie Chung is superlative as usual. This film won Best Picture at the Hong Kong Film Awards in 1988, and Chow and Chung were nominated as Best Actor and Actress respectively. Chow is very under-appreciated as a dramatic and comedic actor outside of Asia; anyone seeing this film or some of his other roles such as those in "Dream Lovers" and "All About Ah Long" will be convinced of his range.

Beautifully shot and directed with style and humanity. A good film for the entire family.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For True Chow Fans, January 10, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: An Autumn's Tale [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If you are a true Chow Yun Fat fan, then you will want to watch those movies beside the gun fights in which he is known for. From this film, and others like "All About Ah-Long," "Hong Kong, 1941," or "God of Gambles - I" you will realize that he really is an all-around great actor. He really cannot be categorized as only an action star, as Hollywood has seem to do so. With movies like "the Corruptor" and the low office box turnout in "Anna and the King" due to weak directing and the fact that everyone knows the story already, Hollywood is not introducing the real Chow to the American audience. So if you are his fan, stick to his older movies, although many of them are bad too.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chow's best non action showcase., July 23, 1999

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Brendan Klein (philadelphia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: An Autumn's Tale [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This film is one of the best showcases for chow's talents as an actor. A great story about romance, very touching. It was a very lowbudget production from hong kong shot in NY with the help of NYU. I found the chemistry between Chow and Cherie very touching, and the lowbudget production make it seem all the more realistic. Great NY backdrop.