IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India

COMPETITION
PETER HO-SUN CHAN
IFFI-2008
Peter Ho-Sun Chan co-founded the United Filmmakers Organization (UFO) in Hong Kong in the early 1990s, and produced a solid track record of box
office and critical hits. Chan has made an indelible mark on both sides of the Pacific with his Hong Kong comedy-dramas Alan and Eric: Between Hello and
Goodbye; Tom, Dick & Harry and He's a Women, She's a Man. His commercially and critically acclaimed Comrades: Almost a Love Story was named one of
the Ten Best Movies of 1997 by Time Magazine and swept a record-breaking nine Hong Kong Film Awards. In 1998, he was voted one of the Top Ten
Helmers to watch by Variety. Chan also directed the romantic comedy The Love Letter for Steven Spielberg's Dreamworks SKG in 1999. Chan furthered his
vision for international collaborations by establishing his own company, Applause Pictures Ltd, in year 2000. The films produced include: Jan Dara
(Thailand-Hong Kong), One Fine Spring Day (Japan-Korea-Hong Kong), The Eye (Singapore-Thailand-Hong Kong), Three (Thailand-Korea-Hong Kong),
Golden Chicken and its sequel Golden Chicken 2, The Eye 2 (Thailand-Singapore-Hong Kong), Three…Extremes (Japan-Korea-Hong Kong), The Eye
Infinity and McDull, The Alumni (Hong Kong-China). In 2005, Chan widened his range by embarking on Hong Kong-China co-productions. Perhaps Love,
his first collaboration with film professionals on the Mainland, became one of the best-selling Chinese films in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan that year,
picking up 29 honors at nine awards ceremonies. It was also selected as Hong Kong's entry to the 78th Annual Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language
Film category. In 2007, Chan produced Derek Yee's Protégé and directed The Warlords. The two films took the top two spots as the highest grossing coproductions
of the year both in Hong Kong and China.
Perhaps Love / Ru guo · Ai
2005, 35 mm, Colour, 107 mins, Mandarin Chinese
Director
Peter Ho-Sun Chan
Screenplay
Aubrey Lam, Raymond To
Cinematography
Christopher Doyle, Peter Pau
Editor
Chi-Leung Kwong, Wenders Li
Music
Peter Kam, Leon Ko
Cast
Takeshi Kaneshiro (Lin Jian-dong), Xun Zhou (Sun Na), Jacky
Cheung (Nie Wen), Jin-hee Ji (Monty), Eric Tsang (Producer),
Sandra Ng Kwan Yue (Lin's Manager)
Production Design
Chung Man Yee
Art
Pater Wong
Costumes
Dora Ng
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Festivals
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A love triangle develops between the male and female leads and the director during the
making of a musical in mainland China. The film depicts the pain and suffering that can
come from true love. Lin Jian-Dong, a Hong Kong heartthrob arrives in Shanghai to
work on a new musical by director Nie Wen. Sun Na, a driven-for-success actress with a
popularity that extends to Hollywood, has long been Nie Wen's partner - both on the
screen and off - but this new collaboration has issues. Nie Wen doubts his creative fire,
and looks to his new film to reassert his once-established filmmaking genius. Thanks to
Nie Wen's artistic temperament, the relationship between the two suffers from some
strain. But with the arrival of Jian-Dong, Nie Wen and Sun Na's relationship is about to
get a whole lot messier. This is also the film in which Indian choreographer-turneddirector
Farah Khan showcased her creativity as a choreographer at an international
level.
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