The Mirror and the Lichee (1967)

The Mirror and the Lichee 1967 / 新陳三五娘 1967 / Xin Chen San Wu Niang

It’s a tragic love story between the scholar and a local beauty. He polishes mirrors as a pretext to get closer to his love, who signals her approval by tossing him a bunch of lichees. From that point on the course of true love proves operatically rocky, complete with murder and suicide. (Source: Letterboxd)