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Director:
Chung Man Yee
Writer:
Ivy Ho (writer)
Release Date:
28 May 1998 (Singapore) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Plot:
Two young men fall for the woman staying upstairs when she practises J.S. Bach's "Notebook for Anna Magdalena". full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
One for a long snooze more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Kelly Chen ... Mok Man-Yee
Jacky Cheung ... Policeman

Leslie Cheung ... Editor
Chun Chung

Josie Ho
Takeshi Kaneshiro ... Chan Kar-fu
Leo Ku
Aaron Kwok ... Yau Muk-yan
Eric Tsang
Wei Wei
Anita Yuen ... Assistant Editor
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Anna Magdalena
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Runtime:
Japan:97 min
Country:
Hong Kong
Language:
Cantonese
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Filming Locations:
Hong Kong, China more

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References Xiao cheng zhi chun (1948) more

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3 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
One for a long snooze, 10 February 2003
5/10
Author: Lester Mak (leekandham) from London, UK

This film is unbelievable. I mean, it's unbelievable that this film even left the drawing board. It's unbelievable that three talented actors could even choose to do a film of this quality. Correction. It's not the quality, it's the lack thereof I should be noting.

Anna Magdalena is a 'romantic tale' (it says on the back), in which a piano tuner (Takeshi Kaneshiro) bumps into a serial womaniser (Aaron Kwok) who is a no-hoper in his aspirations to become a novelist. The 'piano tuner' decides to offer the 'novelist' a hand by putting him up for a few days. Meanwhile a new resident (Kelly Chen) moves into their apartment block, with piano and all, only that she shows little talent. A 'love triangle' forms.

Well, maybe even the clichéd love triangle cannot be an attribute here, as I've seen more chemistry in a bottle of air. The three characters seem as loveless as a defaced stone wall, and the film rarely ever delves further than skin deep. The storyline is virtually nonexistent, and where there is one, there is too much irrelevance to keep the flow running. In particular, the film tries the old tactic of showing the unique quirks of the characters, but in no way do they fit in with the story, nor add anything to what we want to discover.

There is nothing in this film that salvages it from me wanting to call it rubbish. It is simply pitiful. I am a big fan of Kaneshiro and Chen, and I did like to a certain extent their outing in Lavender, but Anna Magdalena would be a film I wouldn't want to remember them for. One to leave on the shop shelf.

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