Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Tony Ka Fai Leung | ... | Uncle | |
Tony Yo-ning Yang | ... | Kai Yuan | |
Tao Liu | ... | Ming Yue | |
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Yibai Zhang | ... | Boxing Coach |
Elaine Jin | ... | Aunt Lian | |
Kim Scar | ... | Wang Hu | |
Joyce Cheng | ... | Xiao Mei | |
Charles 'Blackie' Chen | ... | Brother Tai | |
Stanley Sui-Fan Fung | ... | Uncle Zhong | |
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Li Zhang | ... | Along |
Connor Leong | ... | Qiu Fan (as Liang Jingkang) | |
Yuchen Du | ... | An An | |
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Jingwen Wang | ... | Qin Qin |
Junyan Jiao | ... | Xiao Xue | |
Chao Deng | ... | Ashin |
Set in a little restaurant in an inconspicuous lane of Shanghai, which opens at midnight everyday. The owner is a man of about fifty, makes a set of special food for each guest who visits the restaurant, and listens everyone's story.
Beautifully shot, very slow paced. It's quite quaint. It certainly doesn't feel like a movie.. It has more of a feeling of a Pixar short (have nothing else to compare it to, but gets the point across).
The central character with which all other threads connect, is more of a shadow in the background. And while I get the point of him in the "story" (much like food I guess, something that is so fundamental but rarely noticed), I felt he was a little weak in his life-supporting role. The meat of the movie is scarce-but-heartwarming-drama. It's enjoyable if you are tired of big blockbusters. Someone else here used the word "gentle", and I completely agree.
Haven't seen anything about the original it is based on. But a larger presentation, richer in detail, would definitely benefit it.