Yuen fan (1984)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Taylor Wong

Writer:

Gordon Chan (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance | Drama

Plot:

Lesile is a young guy that uses the MTR everyday, and one day, he sees a beautiful lady (Maggie Cheung) on the train and likes her immediately...

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Anthony Chan	...	Ng Wai (as Friend Chan)
Lap Ban Chan
Lawrence Cheng	...	Waiter
Alfred Cheung	...	Alfred Cheung
Leslie Cheung	...	Paul
Maggie Cheung	...	Monica
Kit-Man Mak	...	Kit-Man Mak
Michael Mak		(as Don Kit Mak)
Anita Mui	...	Anita
Kee-chan Tang
Chun-Chung Tong	...	Ben
Ha-lei Yip
Mengxia Zheng	...	Paul's mother

Also Known As:

Behind the Yellow Line (Hong Kong: English title)
Fate (Hong Kong: Cantonese title) (literal title)
Yuan fen (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)

Runtime:

Japan:90 min | Hong Kong:90 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Hong Kong:IIA

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Shaw Brothers

Trivia:

Marks the film debut of the City-State's then newly christened mass transit system where several MTR terminals and platform locations are featured. Hong Kong's state-of-the-art MTR system conduits span over 80 kilometers and keeps over 2 million daily commuters on the move daily. The English title/phrase for 'Yuen Fun' refers to the metaphor for destiny for single Hong Kong youths meeting their true loves while "Behind The Yellow Line".

Shaw Brothers Mania: A Romantic Comedy from Taylor Wong.

Behind the Yellow Line (1984) was one of the last Shaw Brothers productions. This romantic comedy is about a young man (Leslie Cheung) who's late to his first day of work. After missing a taxi ride, he decides to catch the subway. On the subway train he meets a pretty young lady named Monica (Maggie Cheung) and a loud mouth woman named Anita (Anita Mui) who messes with him just for fun. But it's love at first sight for Leslie and Monica. Anita also falls for Leslie but he only has eyes for Monica. In this crazy world and by simple fate will Leslie and Monica find true love with each other?

A nice surprise from the waning days of Shaw Brothers. Taylor Wong and Gordon Chan create a very enjoyable romantic comedy. Maggie Cheung looking good as ever in her film debut and Anita Mui (with 80's hairdo) acting her way to a Hong Kong Film Festival award for best supporting actress. Alfred Cheung makes a cameo appearance as himself inside a movie theater. He scolds Leslie because he has an argument and scoffs at the movie he and Monica were watching.

If you like romantic comedies then this movie is just for you. A great film debut from Maggie Cheung. It was nothing but up for her and Anita Mui. The Cantonese soundtrack has a duet between Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui.

Highly recommended.