---
title: 'Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Peter Chan'
released: '1996-11-02'
runtime_minutes: 118
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Hong Kong'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/comrades-almost-a-love-story-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117905/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996)

1996 · 118 min · Comedy, Romance · Hong Kong

Original title: 甜蜜蜜

## Synopsis

Comrades: Almost a Love Story is a 1996 Hong Kong romantic drama film directed and produced by Peter Chan, and starring Leon Lai and Maggie Cheung. The Chinese title refers to "Tian Mi Mi", a song by Teresa Teng whose songs are featured in the film. It was filmed on location in Hong Kong and New York City. Lai later commented in 1997 that the story of Li Xiao Jun is somewhat a description of his own life.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Peter Chan](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-chan)
- **Screenplay:** [Ivy Ho](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivy-ho)
- **Producer:** [Peter Chan](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-chan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Chiu Tsang Hei](https://cinepixo.com/people/chiu-tsang-hei), [Jun Fun Chiu](https://cinepixo.com/people/jun-fun-chiu)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jingle Ma](https://cinepixo.com/people/jingle-ma)
- **Editor:** [Kwong Chi-Leung](https://cinepixo.com/people/kwong-chi-leung), [Chan Ki Hop](https://cinepixo.com/people/chan-ki-hop)

## Cast

- [Leon Lai](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-lai)
- [Christopher Doyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-doyle-2)
- [Eric Tsang](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-tsang)
- [Maggie Cheung](https://cinepixo.com/people/maggie-cheung)
- [Kristy Yang](https://cinepixo.com/people/kristy-yang)
- [Irene Tsu](https://cinepixo.com/people/irene-tsu)

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