Fan yi cho (2000)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Kam-Hung Yip

Writer:

Kam-Hung Yip (writer)

Release Date:

8 February 2001 (Malaysia)

Genre:

Fantasy | Romance

Tagline:

First film with the senses of sight and smell in Hong Kong

Plot:

A young woman's life is changed when an angel with a broken wing lands on her balcony. |

Awards:

6 nominations

Cast

Takeshi Kaneshiro	...	Angel
Kelly Chen	...	Athena
Eason Chan	...	Chow Chow
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pei-pei Cheng
Vincent Kok	...	Man at aroma shop
Audrey Mak	...	Angel 8
Tsou-choi Tsang
Terence Yin	...	Violin Man

Also Known As:

Lavender

Runtime:

111 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Malaysia:U | South Korea:15 | Hong Kong:IIA

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

GH Pictures

Soundtrack:

Lavender

Lavender is a beautiful film!

The movie is another cool romantic story starring the beautiful Kelly Chen. Although I enjoyed "and I hate you so" more, "lavender" is still an interesting and loveable romantic comedy that you will enjoy. If anything, the movie makes you wonder if it will be the typical angel movie that you have seen over and over again. What makes this movie so interesting is you have an angel who is trying to learn the ways of humans and the person he comes to help is Athena, an aroma therapist who lost her love one and is trying to recreate his "scent". Next door is Chow Chow, a gay man who was in love with Athena's deceased boyfriend. Now comes Angel into the lives of Athena and Chow Chow and things get very interesting because the only way he can survive in Earth is through love. Athena has no love to give because she's depressed and still missing her deceased love and Chow Chow shows Angel what love is by taking him to gay bars and telling him to become an erotic dancer and show him how women love it. It may sound a little corny but if there is one thing that I learned from most Kelly Chen and Kaneshiro Takeshi films is that they are good and I have never really left feeling dissatisfied after watching their movies.

Also important to mention is the music again from the film. Like "and i hate you so", the movie is beautiful and enhances the film. If there was one problem was one scene where the music suddenly cuts off. I blame that on post-production and editing. Otherwise, the movie can ended in somewhat of satisfying but leave you feeling with an "is that it?" but fortunately when you think the movie is over, the true ending of the film comes around and you are left feeling satisfied.