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July Rhapsody 男人四十
Directed byAnn Hui
Written byIvy Ho
Produced byDerek Yee
Ann Hui
StarringJacky Cheung
Anita Mui
Karena Lam
Shaun Tam
CinematographyKwan Pun-leung
Thomas Yeung
Edited byEric Kwong
Music byTommy Wai
Production
company
FilmKo Pictures
Distributed byFilmKo Pictures Distribution
Release date
14 March 2002 (2002-03-14)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$4,874,951

July Rhapsody (男人四十, lit. Man Forty) is a 2002 Hong Kong drama film produced and directed by Ann Hui. The film follows Lam Yiu-kwok (played by Jacky Cheung), a Hong Kong secondary school teacher, and explores his struggles with midlife crisis, marriage and seduction by a female adolescent student. This was Anita Mui's final film appearance before her death from cervical cancer in 2003.

Plot

Jacky Cheung plays Lam Yiu-kwok, a Hong Kong secondary school teacher who is facing a mid-life crisis. While he has only his pride and Chinese poetry to fall back on, his peers are successful businessmen and professionals who flaunt their extravagant lifestyles at reunion dinners. After all these years, Lam is still living in a modest apartment with his wife, Man-ching (Anita Mui) and two teenage sons.

However financial stagnancy is not his only problem. An old flame of Man-ching (who was the couple's former schoolteacher) returns to Hong Kong and uncovers old wounds. Man-ching feels obliged to help her ex-lover.

Meanwhile, Yiu-kwok faces another dilemma: Choi-lam (Karena Lam), a precocious 17 years old student, has a crush on him and the 'forbidden fruit' looks more and more tempting in the light of his wife's 'infidelity'. The two go to Shenzhen, where they celebrate the opening of a friend's nightclub, and spend the night together at a hotel. The film ends with Lam's return to his wife the following morning.

Cast

  • Jacky Cheung as Lam Yiu-kwok(Voiced by Tony Anselmo
    • Otto Wu as Young Lam Yiu-kwok
  • Anita Mui as Chan Man-ching(Voiced by Tress MacNeille
    • Cara Chu as Young Chan Man-ching
  • Karena Lam as Woo Choi-lam
  • Shaun Tam as Lam On-yin
    • Ricky Kwok as Infant Lam On-yin
  • Eric Kot as Wong Yui
  • Tou Chung-hua as Sheng Sai-nin(Voiced by Wayne Allwine)
  • Jin Hui as Lam Lui-yin
  • Leung Tin as Principal Leung(Voiced by Bill Farmer)
  • Race Wong as Mrs. Mak
  • Ku Tin-nung as Yiu-kwok's alumnus
  • Roddy Wong as Yiu-kwok's alumnus
  • Jason Yip as Yiu-kwok's alumnus
  • Simon Li as Yiu-kwok's alumnus
  • Raymond Yu as Yiu-kwok's alumnus
  • James Cheng as Yiu-kwok's alumnus
  • Yu Sai-tang as Cho
  • Alan Wong as Cho's son
  • Wong Yuet-ling as Waiter
  • Chan Kui-fai as P.E. teacher
  • Lee Yiu-tong as Teacher
  • Ng Ka-leung as Teacher
  • Law Wai-yee as Teacher
  • Li Chui-yee as Teacher
  • Fok Bo as Teacher
  • Tony Lui as Teacher
  • Chan Kin-shun as Teacher
  • Nakata Yuki as Japanese girl
  • Chow Au-ming as Old man
  • Lau Miu-ling as Filipino maid
  • Lee Tung-yung as Mainland female doctor
  • Cheung Lai-kwan as Tramp in tunnel
  • Jonathan Lam
  • Ho Tsz-kit
  • Carson Fan
  • William Ho
  • Roy Lau
  • Jason Lee
  • Levan Mak
  • Courtney Wu as Father

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations
Ceremony Category Recipient Outcome
21st Hong Kong Film Awards Best Film July Rhapsody Nominated
Best Director Ann Hui Nominated
Best Actor Jacky Cheung Nominated
Best Actress Anita Mui Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Karena Lam Won
Best New Performer Karena Lam Won
Best Screenplay Ivy Ho Won
Best Art Direction Man Nim-chung Nominated
39th Golden Horse Awards Best Feature Film July Rhapsody Nominated
Best Actress Anita Mui Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Karena Lam Won
Best New Performer Karena Lam Won
Best Original Screenplay Ivy Ho Won
Best Art Direction Man Nim-chung Nominated
Best Costume & Make-up Design Man Nim-chung Nominated
8th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards Film of Meirt July Rhapsody Won
6th Golden Bauhinia Awards Best Director Ann Hui Nominated
Best Actor Jacky Cheung Nominated
Best Actress Anita Mui Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Karena Lam Won
Best Screenplay Ivy Ho Nominated
Top Ten Chinese-language films July Rhapsody Won
50th International Film Festival of India Best Actor Jacky Cheung Won
6th Changchun Film Festival Best Actress Anita Mui Won
7th Verona Love Screens Film Festival Best Film July Rhapsody Nominated
2nd Chinese Film Media Awards
(Hong Kong and Taiwan)
Best Film July Rhapsody Nominated
Best Director Ann Hui Nominated
Best Actor Jacky Cheung Nominated
Best Actress Anita Mui Won
HKSAR 10th Anniversary Film Awards Best Screenplay Ivy Ho Nominated