Comrades: Almost A Love Story (1996)

Directed by Peter Chan Ho-Sun · Cinematography by Jingle Ma Choh-Sing

118 min63 frames

DramaRomance

This is not so much a story about people falling in love, but rather of two young hearts trying their best not to fall in love with each other.

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What is Comrades: Almost A Love Story about?

Jun arrives in Hong Kong from mainland China, hoping to be able to earn enough money to marry his girlfriend back home. He meets the streetwise Qiao and they become friends. As friendship turns into love, problems develop, and although they seem meant for each other they somehow keep missing out.

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What does the cinematography of Comrades: Almost A Love Story look like?

Across 63 sampled frames, Comrades: Almost A Love Story builds its coverage from medium shots (44% of the sample), with close-ups (30%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Jingle Ma Choh-Sing keeps 52% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 78% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1990s.

What is the color palette of Comrades: Almost A Love Story?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Comrades: Almost A Love Story (1996) are #302f2e, #d6d3ce, #525150, #11100f, #d0c7b1, #334f6e — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #d6d3ce
  • #525150
  • #11100f
  • #d0c7b1
  • #334f6e

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