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Bookmark this pageA Chinese Odyssey 2002 (2002)
Director: Jeff Lau
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From Time Out Film Guide
Slick, entertaining and funny, this is Shakespeare meets Cinderella and Roman Holiday, set during the Ming Dynasty. It's all here: sneaking out of the the Forbidden City to mix with the locals; identity changes and gender confusions; plot contortions, clever puns and a great punchline. It also pastiches a huangmei (tea-picking) musical, spoofs Crouching Tiger, and and cops producer Wong Kar-Wai's hallmark freeze-frames and voice-overs, while making directt nods to Ashes of Time and Chungking Express - especially with Tony Leung and Faye Wong together again.Author: EG
Cast & crew
Director: Jeff Lau
Producer: Wong Kar-wai, Jacky Pang, Zhuo Wu
Cast: Tony Leung, Faye Wong, Vicky Zhao, Chang Chen full cast
Genre(s): Period/Swashbucklers
Duration: 105 mins
UK Release: Oct 15 2004
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