Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with opera singer Song Liling – but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.
- china
- based on true story
- opera singer
- 1960s
- secret
- based on real person
- based on real events
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Jeremy Irons
René Gallimard
John Lone
Song Liling
Barbara Sukowa
Jeanne Gallimard
Annabel Leventon
Frau Baden
- Shizuko Hoshi — Comrade Chin
- Ian Richardson — Ambassador Toulon
- Richard McMillan — Embassy Colleague
- Vernon Dobtcheff — Agent Etancelin
- David Hemblen — Intelligence Officer #1
- Damir Andrei — Intelligence Officer #2
- Antony Parr — Intelligence Officer #3
- Margaret Ma — Song's Maid
- Tristram Jellinek — Defense Attorney
- Philip McGough — Prosecution Attorney
- David Neal — Judge
- Directed
- David Cronenberg
- Written
- David Henry Hwang
Production
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 · 253 ratings
- Studio
- Geffen Pictures
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