Love and marriage is the most essential underlying issue in the film. Interacting with another important element, that is the Chinese traditional culture on respectability, love is expressed in an implicit way which allows the two in love no physical contact. Mr. Chow and Li-zhen are purely soul mates who are painfully polite to each other, which means you do not know what they are thinking.

With flash-forwards, the story can be set across 4 years between 1962 and 1966 so that changes in the life of the two main characters can be shown. It is told episodically, base on the issue of Chow and Li-zhen's lear

ning of their spouses having an affair with each other. After their first meeting in the restaurant picking up hints from each other, the two become close friends, and the attachment between them grows deeper and deeper. Therefore, the restaurant scene is the crucial part contributes to the development of the story.

Women are portrayed to be subordinate to men. For instance, in the film, when Li-zhen is asked about how to be addressed, she always answers that she is the wife of Mr. Chan, instead of directly saying that she is Mrs. Chan. Once get married, people, especially women lose all their freedom. Women like Li-zhen is supposed to be constrained in their domestic atmosphere, dress up themselves to distinguish themselves from the maids. The camera frequently lingers outside rooms, fracturing images by observing the thwarted lovers' exchanges through doo

Some common words found in the essay are:
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Approximate Word count = 582
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)