Mei li de xi yi ji (2004)

Director:

James Lee

Writer:

James Lee (writer)

Release Date:

8 July 2005 (South Korea)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Teoh is dumped by his live-in girlfriend who takes all her possessions, including the washing machine. He buys a second-hand machine, which is when things go wrong.

Plot Keywords:

Washing Machine | Beautiful Woman | Laundry

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Loh Bok Lai	...	Teoh (Bachelor)
Yuhang Ho	...	Short Thug
Berg Lee	...	Ah Dee (The Son)
Danny Lim	...	Supermarker Stalker
Len Siew Mee	...	The Woman
Patrick Teoh	...	Mr. Wong (as Teoh Kah Yong)

Also Known As:

The Beautiful Washing Machine (International: English title)

Runtime:

Malaysia:113 min | Argentina:118 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)

Country:

Malaysia

Language:

Cantonese | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Malaysia:U | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Company:

Doghouse 73 Pictures

Paradox

I have to say I'm not sure what's the right thing to say about: The Beautiful Washingmachine. I've just seen it on the Rotterdam Filmfestival and at first I was disappointed because of the look of this film, it's shot on video, which, of course, is nothing compared to 35mm movies. Also it's badly filmed. The talent of the maker does not lie within it's cinematographic eye. So you could say I hated this movie. But something strange happened. I got caught up in the story, it's characters, the pace. It felt real and I enjoyed it. In the end the filmmaker had to put in a David Lynch type situation which I think was not necessary at all but nonetheless for something which I would've given a 2 out of 10 in the beginning a 6 is not bad.

I hope there will be another movie one day by the hand of this filmmaker. but then on 35mm and with a professional cameraman.