MonkeyPeaches' Monthly Recap - Movies Released In February (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)

February 29, 2004

China (mainland)    

Baober In Love (Lian Ai Zhong De Bao Ber)

Baober, a young girl bearing with childhood trauma, has very innocent idea about love and beyond. Liu Zhi Kun is a young middle-class guy who is tired of his marriage. Then, they meet and fall in love...

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Written by Zheng Zhong and Wang Yao; directed by Li Shaohong; starring

Zhou Xun, Huang Jue, Chen Kun and Wang Peiyi.

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Other Releases:

Itchy Heart (Hong Kong)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elixir Of Love (Hong Kong)

Fanfan la Tulipe (France)

Fantasia (Hong Kong)

Leaving Me, Loving You (Hong Kong)

Lost In Time (Hong Kong)

Love Trilogy (Hong Kong)

Mona Lisa Smile (USA)

The Pianist (Poland / UK / France / Germany)

   

 

Nuan

Story of rural girl Nuan (Li Jia), her first love Lin Jinghe (Guo Xiaodong) who lives in a big city and her husband (Teruyuki Kagawa), a dumb man who quietly cherishes their time together.

Based on short story White Dog Swing by Mo Yan (note: miss-credited for Qing Chun Zhi Ge by IMDB), written by Qiu Shi, directed by Huo Jianqi, starring Li Jia, Guo Xiaodong and Teruyuki Kagawa.

Winner of China's Golden Rooster Awards 2003 (Best Picture) and Tokyo International Film Festival (Tokyo Grand Prix).

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Related story: Chinese Film NUAN Warms Up Tokyo Film Fest And Collects The Grand Prix (Tokyo International Film Festival 2003) November 9, 2003

 

Father (Fu Qin)

Yang Mingshan is a retired factory worker lives in a city stroke by massive layoffs. The state-run factory he is proud of is on the edge of bankruptcy; his older son, who just got promoted at the factory, wants to quit his job; his younger son's wedding is cancelled because the ceremony is too costly, and his daughter wants a divorce...

Directed by Liang Shan; starring Song Guofeng, Yi Guofeng, Sa Rina, Zhang Mingliang, Liang Yin and Li Qiming.

 

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Zui Hou De Lian, Zui Chu De Lian / Saigonokoi (lit.: Last Love, First Love)

(Japan / China)

A traumatized Japanese man comes to Shanghai, where he meets two girls...

starring Atsuro Watabe, Xu Jinglei, Dong Jie and Chen Bo-Lin.

 

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Sleepless City (lit.: Wei Qing Xue Ye / Critical Situation, Snowy Night)

A high-voltage line is broken, leaving a city in dark and cold, then the rescue begins...

 

Directed by Chen Guoxing; starring Wu Yue and He Bing.

 

     
Hong Kong  

Other Releases:

21 Grams (USA)

Cold Mountain (USA)

Duplex (USA)

Girl With A Pearl Earring (USA)

Gothika (USA)

L' Idole, (France)

In The Cut (USA))

Juon 2: The Grudge (Japan)

Lost In Translation (USA)

Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World (USA)

Modern Times (USA)

Ong Bak (Thailand)

Something's Gotta Give (USA)

Leaving Me Loving You (Da Cheng Xia Shi / lit: Big City, Small Story)

In a big city, Shanghai actually, Qian, a medical doctor and Xiao Yue, works in a PR company, end their one and a half year long relationship peacefully. But fate puts them together anyway. Can they really start all over again?

 

Directed by Wilson Yip, starring Leon Lai, Faye Wong, Chen Jianbin, and Jiang Yihong.

 

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Protégé de la Rose Noire (Jian Xi Hei Mei Gui / lit: Intern Black Rose)

Two young girls find themselves trapped inside a house they they just rented. A mysterious lady, Rose Noire, shows up and forced them to be her protégées. A taxi driver, after receiving the girls' call, comes for rescue and gets trapped too...

 

Directed by Wong Chun-Chun and Donnie Yen, starring Gillian Chung, Charlene Choi, Ekin Cheng and Teresa Mo.

 

Official site

 

Elixir Of Love (Hua Hao Yue Yuan)

The princess is born with an unbearable body odor and the emperor announces that whoever successfully "de-odor" the princess will become his son-in-law and a gardener takes the imperial offer...

 

Directed by Yip Kam-Hung, starring Richie Ren, Yeung Chi-Wah, Kenny Bee, Kot Man-Fai, Lam Suet, Liu Huanyu, Zhou Fu, Zhao Liang and Wu Qianqian.

Official site

 

Herbal Tea (Nan Shang Nü Xia)

Lam owns a iced tea house since 12, which makes her behaves totally like a guy. A worker in the tea house has been fallen for her and a down-to-his-luck martial-artist just gets her attention...

 

Directed by Herman Yau, starring Candy Lo, Chan Siu-Chun, Patrick Tang and Lei Ga Yi.

 

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Sex And The Beauties (Xing Gan Cheng Shi / lit: Sexy City)

Called the Hong Kong film version of Sex And The City, the movie shows four women being in total control of their relationship with men...

 

Directed by Wang Jing, starring Carina Lau, Leung Ka-Fai, Heui Ji-On, Cecilia Cheung, Edison Chen, Athena Chu, Lu Yi and Mung Ka-Wai.

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Tai Yang Wu Zhi (Fei Ying / lit: Flying Hawk)

A woman realizes she has to face the painful memory of her ex-boyfriend's suicide...

 

Directed by Chang Wai-Hung, starring Chan San-San, Josie Ho, Lam Wing-Fai, Ivy Ho, Wilson Yip.

 

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Xanda (San Da)

The story of Qiang, a martial artist becomes a sanda boxer and then makes his way to the national champion.

 

Directed by Mak Chi-Sin, starring Sang Weilin, Zhao Zilong, Teng Jun and Ni Jingyang.

 

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Taiwan  

Other Releases:

Acacia (South Korea)

Calendar Girls (UK)

City Of God (Brazil)

Cold Mountain (USA)

Golden Chicken 2 (Hong Kong)

Gothika (USA)

In America (USA / UK / Ireland)

Lost In Translation (USA)

Love Actually (USA)

Magic Kitchen (Hong Kong)

Marrying The Mafia (South Korea)

Onmyoji 2 (Japan)

Out Of Time (USA)

Pokemon ? (Japan)

School Of Rock (USA)

Something's Gotta Give (USA)

De Tweeling (Netherlands)

Veronica Guerin ((USA / Ireland / UK)

Wonderful Days (South Korea)

Zatoichi (Japan)

Love Me, If You Can (Fei Yue Qing Hai / lit.: Fly across the sea of love)

In a small fishing port, a young girl is attacking another girl just comes working at her seafood store...

 

Directed by Wang Yu-Ya, starring Anita Yuen, Chen Kun, Stella Huang, Ariel Lin, Ady Wu, Sun Li-ting.

 

 
 

 

Karate Girls / Kung Fu Girls (Kong Shou Dao Shao Nü Zu / Zhong Guo Gong Fu Shao Nü Zu)

Four girls of a band from are sent to Mt. Wutai to learn martial-art. But the band gets disbanded right after they returns home...

 

Directed by Wang Yu-Ya, starring Wang Yu-Ya, Ariel Lin, Duncan Chou and Chang Li-Wei.

 

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