Comrades, Almost has Love Story

Comrades, Almost has Love Story is a film hong-kongais carried out by Peter Chan, left the November 2nd 1996.

Synopsis

XiaoJun Li, young man a little native simpleton of Wusih, unloads in HongKong with an aim of beginning a new life, to divide it thereafter with his/her boyfriend XiaoTing Li, remained for the moment in their birthplace. Jun speaks only Mandarin, which makes difficult a daily newspaper in a city where the spoken languages are Cantonese and English. Collected by his aunt Li, it very quickly finds a job as a deliveryman. One evening, in search of innovation, it meets in a McDonald's a young cashier of the name of Qiao Li. Being made pass for a native girl of HongKong, this immigrant Cantonese will help the young man to be still integrated in an environment any unknown for Jun.

Data sheet

Title: Comrades, Almost has Love Story
original Titer: Tian semi semi (甜蜜蜜)
Realization: Peter Chan
Scenario: Ivy Ho
Music: Jun Fun Chiu and Tsang-Hei Chiu
Country of origin: HongKong
Format: Colors - 1,85:1 - Dolby DIGITAL - 35 mm
Kind: Drama, lovesong
Lasted: 118 minutes
Coming out date: November 2nd 1996

Distribution

Lay Leon: XiaoJun Li
Maggie Cheung: Qiao Li
Eric Tsang: CAM With-Yeung the
Len Berdick: Officer of immigration
Christopher Doyle: English professor
Irene Tsu: Turned pink Aunt
Kristy Yang: XiaoTing Li

Rewards

Price of the best actress (Maggie Cheung), better photography (Jingle My), better realizer, better film, better scenario and male best supporting role (Eric Tsang), at the time of the Golden delicious Bauhinia Awards 1997.
Nomination for the price of the male best supporting role (Eric Tsang), at the time of the Golden delicious Horse Film Festival 1997.
Price of the best film and best the actress (Maggie Cheung), at the time of the Golden delicious Horse Film Festival 1997.
Nominations for the price of the best actor (Lay Leon) and of best beginning (Kristy Yang), at the time of the HongKong Film Awards 1997.
Price of best film, better actress (Maggie Cheung), better realizer, male best supporting role (Eric Tsang), better scenario, better photography (Jingle My), better artistic director, better costumes and better music, at the time of the HongKong Film Awards 1997.
Price of the best actress (Maggie Cheung), better realizer and better film, at the time of the HongKong Film Critics Society Awards 1997.
Price of best film, at the time of the International festival of film of Seattle 1997.

Anecdotes

Christopher Doyle, which plays here the part of the English professor, is a chief very known operator, who already gained nearly ten price for best photography, among which those of Our wild years , In the Mood for Love , or more recently Hero . Two years later, in 1998, he will also play a small role in Andromedia , of Takashi Miike.

External bonds

Critiques Cinemasie
Critiques HK Handled

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