This film premiered in Shanghai at the end of December last year and is directed by Peter Ho-Sun Chan. It is Chan's first foray into the world of musicals and he succeeds very well, I thought. The film is directed in the style of Moulin Rouge, but with less comedy, far more artsy-ness, and is gorgeously filmed. Stars Ji Jin-hee (as Monty, the muse of the movie), Jack Cheung (playing the part handled by Jim Broadbent in Moulin), the very handsome Takeshi Kaneshiro (as Jin Jian Dong) and Zhou Xun (as Sun Na, everyone's love interest).
The film is essentially a love triangle centering on Sun Na who, due to amnesia, cannot remember the fact she was in love with Jin Jian. Both end up starring in a film being directed by Sun Na's current (present day) lover, Jack Cheung. Trapped between the present and the past, the characters play out their love story to great effect ... all singing and dancing aside. And it is there, in the flashbacks Chan provides, and particularly with the taped-recorded messages between Jin and Sun that this film hits the emotional button bang-on and ultimately succeeds.
My rating: 8 out of 10.
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