Sei mong se jun (2004)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Oxide Pang Chun

Writers:

Oxide Pang Chun (screenplay)
Thomas Pang (writer)

Release Date:

4 November 2004 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

Jiney is a talented student of Arts with a trauma in her childhood and lack of communication with her mother...

Plot Keywords:

Death | Childhood Trauma | Flashback | Blood | Female Nudity

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Race Wong	...	Jiney
Rosanne Wong	...	Jas
Anson Leung	...	Anson
Michelle Mee	...	Jiney's Mum
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cub Chin	...	Professor in Figure Painting Class
Ekin Cheng	...	Man in Car Crash (uncredited)

Directed by
Oxide Pang Chun

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Oxide Pang Chun		screenplay
Thomas Pang		writer (as Pak-sing Pang)

Produced by
Oxide Pang Chun	....	producer (as The Pang Brothers)
Danny Pang	....	producer (as The Pang Brothers)

Original Music by
Payont Permsith

Cinematography by
Decha Srimantra

Film Editing by
Curran Pang

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jill Wong	....	first assistant director

Distributors

• Shaw Organisation (2004) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Solar Films (2005) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Future Film (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• Siren Visual Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD)
• Tartan Video USA (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Tartan Video (2006) (UK) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Ab-normal Beauty (Hong Kong: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violent content and some nudity.

Runtime:

Hong Kong:101 min | Philippines:96 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Australia:MA | USA:R | Ireland:18 | UK:18 | Philippines:R-13 | Malaysia:18SG | Germany:18 (JK/SPIO) (uncut) | Germany:18 (cut) | Finland:K-18 | New Zealand:R16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Trivia:

The car crash towards the beginning of the movie is the same car crash used in it's companion film Ah ma yau nan (2004), which was directed and co-written by Danny Pang, Oxide Pang Chun's twin brother.

Nothing Normal about this movie...

"It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen" - Richie, "American Beauty" The Asian films are so different from American films. They put a different thought process behind it. They make you think about things, while many American films are just sit in the theater for 2 hours, watching nothing.

The heart of this film is everything is beautiful. It can be a purple skyscraper. An overpass. Someone dead in the middle of the street from a car accident. This movie shows the beauty of the latter, which is good, until the character becomes obsessive about these pictures. Then it becomes a nice little thriller. Not jumpy, but it is wince worthy.

At times, I almost felt bad for liking this movie so much, but it is now one of my favorite.