
Plot
Based on the tragic true story of China's first prima donna of the silver screen, Ruan Lingyu, chronicling her rise to fame as a movie actress in Shanghai during the 1930s.
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Cast

Maggie Cheung
Ruan Ling Yu / Self

Ronald Chin Han
Tang Chi-Shan

Tony Leung Ka-fai
Tsai Chu-sheng / Self

Lawrence Ng Kai-Wah
Chang Ta-Min

Carina Lau
Lily Li / Self

Cecilia Yip Tung
Lin Chu-Chu

Waise Lee Chi-Hung
Li Min-Wei

Chen Yan-yan
Self

Kelvin Wong Siu
Nier Erh

Maryanna Yip
Ms. Liu

Ta-Nan Huang
Self

Li Lili
Self

Paul Chang Chung
Lien Hua Studio executive

Hsiao Hsiang

Cheng Xiaohua

Xiao Rongsheng

Shen Ye

Suen Tung-Kwong
Sun Yu

Zheng Da-Li

Dai Tian

Wang Qi-Er

Sam Yue

Tang Wei-Qian

Xue Guoping

Han Jun

Shi Yi-Qiang

Jin Ren-Pei

Zhou Jie

Ni Yi-Hua

Fu Hengzhi

Yao Mao-Zong

Claude Monges

Carrie Lanese

Cheng Hong

Xiaomin Zhang

Hu Ronghua

Huang Daliang

Yumiko Cheng