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| Takeshi Kaneshiro | ... |
John Liu
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Gigi Leung | ... |
Eve Choi
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| Edmund Chen | ... |
Dr. Hu
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Wei-Lum Shu | ... |
June
(as Shu Wei Lun)
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Terri Kwan | ... |
Ruby
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Shiu Hung Hui | ... |
George
(as Hui Shiu Hung)
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Suet Lam | ... |
Restaurant Manager
(as Lam Suet)
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Andy Tse | ... |
Music Producer
(as Tse Loh Sze)
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Te Chih Wang | ... |
Landlord
(as Wang Te Chih)
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Ku Wang Su-Chin | ... |
Landlady
(as Ku Wang Su-chin)
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Klaus Bru | ... |
Ghoul
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Jimmy Liao | ... |
(as Jimmy Liao and family)
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Suk-yee Chan | ... |
Dr. Hu
(voice) (as Chan Suk Yee)
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Angela Tong Ying-Ying | ... |
Ruby
(voice) (as Angela Tong)
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This is a movie about two people (Gigi Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro), who are destined to be together but by some twist of circumstances they never find each other.
I loved this movie. I caught only the last half on TV recently and tracked down the full film to see all of it. I am not familiar with the original illustrated novel though. It is a fairy tale for grownups, with humour, sadness, and a bit of slapstick. Lovely Gigi Leung plays her part of Eve Loi the romantic day-dreaming and slightly clumsy lover of poetry delightfully, and handsome Takeshi Kaneshiro plays the romantic, awkward and intensely shy John Liu to perfection. I was glad the corny temptation to resist naming them Adam and Eve was resisted. The symmetry of the parallel events is fun to anticipate, and the anti-symmetry of the two evil counter-characters adds to the complexity and a foil to the perhaps a bit saccharine sweetness of the main plot and characters The incidental parallel sub-plot of the avaricious landlords also meeting and exchanging phone numbers in the rain is a nice touch. I can forgive the occasional technical hiccups and goofs for the sheer lovely romance that it is.