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Viva Erotica! (1996)
Director: Derek Yee, Lo Chi-Leung
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From Time Out Film Guide
One of the first mainstream movies tailored for 'Category III' (adults only) release in Hong Kong, this opens with a wildly orgasmic sex scene between Leslie Cheung and Karen Mok and ends with the cheering sight of an entire film crew working in the nude. In between the two it's a not-very-sharp satire of the Hong Kong film industry, centred on an art movie director with two flops to his name (Cheung) who wrestles with his conscience as he shoots a porno movie for the money. The mix of parodies, sentimentality, melodrama and earnest pretensions never really gels, but the overall anti-moralist thrust is decent enough.Author: TR
Cast & crew
Director: Derek Yee, Lo Chi-Leung
Producer: Raymond Chow Man-Wai
Cast: Leslie Cheung, Karen Mok, Shu Qi, Tsui Kam-Kong, Law Kar-Ying, Lau Ching-Wan full cast
Duration: 97 mins
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