Laam yan sei sap (2002)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Ann Hui

Writer:

Ivy Ho (writer)

Release Date:

14 March 2002 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Yiu-Kwok is a high school teacher, having a perfect family. Good times don't last long, when a student...

Awards:

9 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Jacky Cheung	...	Lam Yiu-Kwok
Anita Mui	...	Lam Man-Ching
Kar Yan Lam	...	Choy-Lam
Eric Kot	...	Wong Yui
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tin-nung Ku	...	Yiu-Kwok's old classmate
Tin Leung	...	Principal Leung
Shaun Tam	...	Lam On-yin
Chung Hua Tou	...	Mr. Sheng
Courtney Wu	...	Father

Directed by
Ann Hui

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ivy Ho		writer

Produced by
Ann Hui	....	producer
Tung-Shing Yee	....	producer

Original Music by
Tommy Wai

Cinematography by
Pung-Leung Kwan

Film Editing by
Chi-Leung Kwong

Production Design by
Lim Chung Man

Production Management
Petrina Ho	....	production manager

Sound Department
Yu Teng Hsu	....	boom operator
Du-Che Tu	....	foley artist
Du-Che Tu	....	sound

Production Companies

• Filmko Pictures

Also Known As:

July Rhapsody (Hong Kong: English title) (International: English title) (USA)
Man of 40 (International: English title) (literal title)
Nan ren si shi (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:PG

Company:

Filmko Pictures

Trivia:

This was Anita Mui's final film appearance.

Odd

This is an odd little film that has depicted ordinary life empathetically. The plot is very weird, it like a story within a story and these stories are parallel.

I like how the movie is presented, it is on a realistic basis, in a realistic city like Hong Kong but the storyline is almost surreal. Applause for the actors and the portrayal of their roles. Everyone has acted their role so strongly and their acting is harmonically woven into a movie.

I was captured by the movie and the title. I thought they are odd which makes the ordinary lives of its characters to be abstract. Thus making reality abstract.