Love given up is never the same again

Renowned Hong Kong movie director Andrew Lau Wai-keung assembles film stars from Taiwan, the mainland and Hong Kong for his romantic drama A Beautiful Life.

The prolific Lau is most commonly associated with Hong Kong crime-action films. He was the creative force behind the Infernal Affairs trilogy and the adaptation of the manga Initial D.

This time Lau teams up with long-time collaborator Shu Qi in a big-budget tear-jerker that delves into the theme of rediscovering old relationships.

Property agent Li Peiru (Shu) has a chance encounter with police officer Fang Zhendong (Liu Ye) at a karaoke lounge.

Fang immediately feels a 'connection' with her.

But the self-centred Li does not feel the same way and is just toying with him.