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Dumplings

Original title: Gau ji
  • 20042004
  • K-18K-18
  • 1h 31m
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6.7/10
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Dumplings (2004)
Mei is a trashy, former abortion doctor who shuttles back and forth across the HK-China border with benign-looking containers of glistening dumplings. Bound not for the family dinner table, these dumplings are of a special sort, and the preferred meal of a high-paying clientele who seek their famed youth-renewing powers. Qing is a nearing-40 former soap actress clinging to her youth and attempting to win back her philandering husband, who sucks down chicken fetuses in an attempt to maintain his own vigor. Regular meals at Mei's apartment only whet her appetite for eternally smooth skin, and trigger an ominous search for an even more potent variety of the dumplings' secret ingredient. The ingredient in question, while appalling, is only a warm-up to the twisted moral and cosmic consequences that result from the ethical-boundary-free rules that govern their universe. In his best film to date, Chan masterfully holds a mirror up to the increasingly frightening world around us, and pushes all the right buttons.
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Aunt Mei's famous homemade dumplings provide amazing age-defying qualities popular with middle-aged women. But her latest customer - a fading actress - is determined to find out what the sec... Read allAunt Mei's famous homemade dumplings provide amazing age-defying qualities popular with middle-aged women. But her latest customer - a fading actress - is determined to find out what the secret ingredient is.Aunt Mei's famous homemade dumplings provide amazing age-defying qualities popular with middle-aged women. But her latest customer - a fading actress - is determined to find out what the secret ingredient is.

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  • Director
    • Fruit Chan
  • Writer
    • Pik-Wah Lee
  • Stars
    • Wai-Ling Chan
    • Ho Fung Chuk
    • Pauline Lau
  • Director
    • Fruit Chan
  • Writer
    • Pik-Wah Lee
  • Stars
    • Wai-Ling Chan
    • Ho Fung Chuk
    • Pauline Lau
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 42User reviews
    • 66Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 3 nominations

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    Wai-Ling Chan
    • High Society Woman 2
    Ho Fung Chuk
    • High Society Woman 1
    Pauline Lau
    • Masseuse
    Po-Lin Lau
    • Li's maid
    • (as Pauline Lau Bo-Lin)
    Tony Ka Fai Leung
    Tony Ka Fai Leung
    • Mr. Li
    • (as Tony Ka-Fai Leung)
    Bai Ling
    Bai Ling
    • Mei, The Cook
    Meme Tian
    Meme Tian
    • Connie
    • (as Meme)
    So-Foon Wong
    • Kato's Mother
    Sum-Yeung Wong
    • Old Hair Dresser
    Miki Yeung
    Miki Yeung
    • Kato
    Miriam Chin Wah Yeung
    Miriam Chin Wah Yeung
    • Mrs. Li
    • Director
      • Fruit Chan
    • Writer
      • Pik-Wah Lee
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    • Trivia
      Spawned from the short Dumplings from the Asian cross-cultural trilogy Three... Extremes (2004). Includes the same director and star.
    • Goofs
      In the bath scene where Mrs. Li is sobbing whilst watching the drama. The crying doesn't match up with the movements of the body/ head and mouth.
    • Quotes

      Mei, the cook: [first lines]

      Mei, the cook: Mrs. Li? You're so beautiful.

      Mrs. Li: They say your dumplings are the most expensive.

      Mei, the cook: Of course! Please come in.

    • Connections
      Edited from Three Extremes (2004)

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    6/10
    Gyoza's with Added Essence...
    Some people enjoy a more diverse diet than others but diversity has its lines in the sand too and, while it's not uncommon (although still rare) to consume a new-born's afterbirth (apparently), in order to get to that position in the first instance there are those who might explore less palatable hors d'oeuvres - as we find in this disturbing exhibit.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 19, 2004 (Hong Kong)
    • Country of origin
      • Hong Kong
    • Languages
      • Mandarin
      • Cantonese
    • Also known as
      • 餃子
    • Production companies
      • Applaus Pictures Limited
      • Applause Pictures
      • Fortissimo Film Sales
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $763,552
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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