No.7 Cherry Lane
| No.7 Cherry Lane | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Yonfan |
| Written by | Yonfan |
| Produced by | Monica Chao |
| Starring | |
| Edited by | Wang Haixia |
| Music by | Yu Yat-yiu Yonfan Chapavich Temnitikul Phasura Chanvititkul |
| Distributed by | Far Sun Film Co. Ltd. |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
| Countries | Hong Kong China[2][3] |
| Languages | Mandarin Cantonese Shanghainese |
No.7 Cherry Lane (Chinese: 繼園臺七號; pinyin: jìyuántái qīhào) is a 2019 Hong Kong-Chinese adult animated film directed by Yonfan, with animation by Zhang Gang.[4][2] It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 76th Venice International Film Festival.[5][6] It was also selected for the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival as a Special Presentation.[7] At the Venice Film Festival, the film won the Best Screenplay Award.[8]
Plot
During the rise of the materialistic comfort of life in the 1960s, there emerges an undercurrent of danger in Hong Kong.
No.7 Cherry Lane tells the tale of Ziming, a Hong Kong University undergraduate, entangled between his amorous feelings for a self-exiled mother Mrs Yu from Taiwan in the White Terror period, and her beautiful daughter Meiling. He takes them to different movies and through a series of magical moments on the big screen, forbidden passions are revealed. And the era coincides with Hong Kong's turbulent times of 1967.
Voice cast
- Sylvia Chang as Mrs Yu:
Once an idealistic revolutionary student during the Sino-Japanese War and now a luxury goods merchandiser she struggles between spiritualism and materialism. In her early 40s, Mrs Yu retains her old-world charm. She is divorced and has an 18-year-old daughter. - Zhao Wei as Meiling:
Daughter of Mrs Yu. The world seems to revolve around this sweet and tender 18-year-old girl. She is beautiful, wilful and invincible. She knows everything she’s entitled to and takes no less. She also knows tomorrow belongs to her. - Alex Lam as Ziming:
A top English literature student at Hong Kong University. He plays tennis, loves movies, goes to parties and makes extra money by giving English tuition. He has a certain magical charm for women, men and animals. And he is comfortable with all of them. - Kelly Yao as Mrs May:
A retired opera diva who lives a floor above Mrs Yu. She devotes herself to religion and loves cats and good-looking men. - Natalia Duplessis as Madame Simone:
A big French movie star who liberates Mrs Yu through her three vintage films. - Teresa Cheung as Miaoyu the Nun:
A Taoist nun from the book Dream of the Red Chamber who liberates Mrs Yu in her dream. - Jiang Wenli as The Woman in Yellow
- Daniel Wu as Baron Louis
- Stephen Fung as Steven
- Tian Zhuangzhuang as Ah Kwok
- Ann Hui as The Pickpocket
- Fruit Chan as The Craven Cat
- Rebecca Pan as Mrs Lin
References
- ^ "No.7 Cherry Lane". labiennale. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ a b "'No. 7 Cherry Lane': Venice Review". Screen International.
The animation, created under the aegis of Zhang Gang
- ^ "Venice Film Review: 'No. 7 Cherry Lane'". Variety.com.
- ^ "'No. 7 Cherry Lane' ('Ji yuan tai qi hao'): Film Review". Hollywoodreporter.com.
Animation master: Zhang Gang
- ^ Vivarelli, Nick (25 July 2019). "Joker, Ad Astra, The Laundromat, Marriage Story to Compete in Venice". Variety. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Venezia 76 Competition". labiennale.org. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "TIFF 44 Special Presentations". tiff.net. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ Anderson, Ariston. "Venice: Todd Phillips' 'Joker' Wins Golden Lion, Roman Polanski Wins Silver Lion". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 September 2019.