''A Tale of Three Cities'' () is a 2015 Chinese-Hong Kong war romance film directed by

Mabel Cheung Mabel Cheung (, born 17 November 1950) is a film director from Hong Kong. She is one of the leading directors in Hong Kong cinema and is considered one of the three women (along with Ann Hui and Clara Law) to achieve acclaim in the New Wave/Se ...

. The film is about the real love story of two people ( Charles and Lee-Lee Chan, parents of

Jackie Chan Fang Shilong (born 7 April 1954), known professionally in English as Jackie Chan and in Chinese as Cheng Long ( zh, c=成龍, j=Sing4 Lung4; "becoming the dragon"), is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and stuntman known for ...

) who met in Wuhu during the

Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Th ...

in the 1930s, separated in

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...

during the

Chinese Civil War The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and forces of the Chinese Communist Party, continuing intermittently since 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949 with a Communist victory on m ...

in the 1940s, and finally reunited in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

in the 1950s while their children from previous marriages were left behind in

mainland China "Mainland China" is a geopolitical term defined as the territory governed by the People's Republic of China (including islands like Hainan or Chongming), excluding dependent territories of the PRC, and other territories within Greater China. ...

(whom they would not see again until 38 years later). Jackie Chan reportedly "cried and cried, until the end of the film" when he watched the film by himself.

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Sean Lau Sean Lau Ching-wan (born 16 February 1964) is a Hong Kong actor who has acted in both films and television series. He won Best Actor in the 2007 and 2015 Hong Kong Film Awards and in the 2000 and 2007 Golden Bauhinia Awards. Career Lau was born ...

as Fang Daolong * Tang Wei as Chen Yuerong *

Qin Hailu Qin Hailu (, born 11 August 1978) is a Chinese actress, screenwriter and singer. She has won Best Actress at the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards, Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award and Golden Bauhinia Awards. Early life and education ...

as Sister Qiu * Jing Boran as Shou Maihua *

Huang Jue Huang Jue (, born 7 August 1974) is a Chinese actor. He gained fame for his roles in '' Baobei in Love'' (2004), '' Falling Flowers'' (2012), and '' Fallen City'' (2013). In 2018, Jue has also starred in the films '' Long Day's Journey into Nig ...

as Master Zhou *

Elaine Jin Elaine Yan-ling (; born 15 December 1954), also known as Elaine Kam, is a Hong Kong–Taiwanese actress. She began her career in Taiwan in 1973 before moving to Hong Kong in 1981. She has been nominated seven times in the Hong Kong Film Award ...

as Yuerong's mother * Li Jianyi as grandfather * Jiao Gang * Philip Chan

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* * 2015 films Hong Kong war drama films Hong Kong romantic drama films Hong Kong epic films 2010s war films 2010s romance films Chinese war drama films Chinese romantic drama films Films based on actual events Films set in the 1940s Films set in the 1930s Films set in the 1950s Heyi Pictures films Films set in Hong Kong Films set in Shanghai Films set in Anhui Films directed by Mabel Cheung 2010s Hong Kong films {{2010s-HongKong-film-stub

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