Ru guo · Ai (2005)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Peter Chan

Writers:

Oi Wah Lam (writer)
Raymond To (writer)

Release Date:

1 December 2005 (China)

Genre:

Drama | Musical | Romance

Plot:

A love triangle develops during the making of a musical in mainland China. |

Plot Keywords:

Love Triangle | Film In Film | Cocktail Party | Noodles | Memoir

Awards:

17 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Takeshi Kaneshiro	...	Lin Jian-dong / Zhang Yang
Xun Zhou	...	Sun Na / Xiaoyu
Jacky Cheung	...	Nie Wen / The Circus Master
Jin-hee Ji	...	Monty
Eric Tsang	...	Producer
Sandra Ng Kwan Yue	...	Lin's Manager
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Suresh Chandukutty	...	Indian Dancer
Tung Man Chan	...	Hotel Receptionist
Ji-lai Dong	...	Man at Crossroad
Yong Fan	...	Man at Crossroad
Helen Feng	...	Crossroad Hooker
Lei-Xin Gao	...	Producer's Girlfriend #2
Stephen Kealy	...	Foreign Producer
Na Li	...	Crossroad Hooker
Su-qin Li	...	Man at Crossroad
Kirankumar Manikumar	...	Indian Dancer
Shirin Nagporewala	...	Indian Dancer
Anisha Narang	...	Indian Dancer
Adil Shaikh	...	Indian Dancer
Tie-long Shang	...	Jin
Jun-ying Shen	...	Crossroad Hooker
Zi-liang Shi	...	Man at the Party
Dipender Singh	...	Indian Dancer
Jitender Singh	...	Indian Dancers
Alpa Solanki	...	Indian Dancer
Pearl Sukhadia	...	Indian Dancer
Sunil Veerbahadur	...	Indian Dancer
Ying Wu	...	Crossroad Hooker
Jing Xu	...	Ground Crew
Han Zhang	...	Hsian Ping
Jia-yi Zhang	...	Crossroad Hooker
Ming Zhang	...	Producer's Girlfriend #1
Xiao-tian Zhang	...	Crossroad Hooker
Ye Zhang	...	Crossroad Hooker
Yi-qun Zhang	...	Press Conference MC
Jing Zhou	...	Crossroad Hooker

Also Known As:

Perhaps Love (International: English title)

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

China | Malaysia | Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin | Cantonese | English

Color:

Color (Fujicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Malaysia:U | South Korea:12

Filming Locations:

Beijing, China

Company:

Applause Pictures

Trivia:

Jin-hee Ji's role as the angel was offered to Andy Lau originally.

The quality of the movie or the category of the movie?

Why do we like to put movies in categories? Why do we have to compare such a splendid movie with other musical movies? All movies are different. Just because Perhaps Love is not as musical as other musical movies does not mean it is worse than those movies.

I personally loved the movie. the characters performed beautifully, the songs were original and empathetic. The plot seemed simple, yet complex and deep. The idea of 'film making' in a film is clever and well fitted. The costumes were designed exceptional as we see clear contrast between the past in BeiJing and the present new Sun Na.

The introduction was philosophical. Life is a movie. you could be the protagonist on someone's movie, or just a glimpse of the face.

The love between the 3 people seemed simple yet extremely complex. and the twist at the end of sad yet realistic.

In conclusion, Perhaps Love is a masterpiece. it needs more explorations to be completely understand, but i think it's worthwhile. Good Job!