It's a Wonderful Life (1994)
Starring Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Ka-Fai, Teresa Mo
Directed by Clifton Ko Chi-Sum
This 1994 Chinese New Year offering takes place over a period of time between one Christmas and Chinese New Year's eve. As It's a Wonderful Life's Chinese title specifies, its focus is on a 'Big Rich Family'. We are introduced to thirteen people, learn of their particular dispositions and dilemmas, are witness to the former either getting changed or developed and see the latter (re)solved. Teresa Mo as the daughter just returned from studying in France; Leslie Cheung as the friend who came in tow; Tony Leung Kar Fai as the cartoonist son who can only speak normally when he is anxious; Anita Yuen as the woman who Tony Leung's character falls in love with; Carol 'Do Do' Cheng as her flat-chested, disciplinary-cum-art teacher sister; Raymond Wong as the eldest son who cannot handle alcohol well; Petrina Fung Bo Bo as his estranged wife; Sean Lau as the marriage-minded cousin; and Kwan Tak Hing as the eccentric-but-definitely-not-senile grandfather.
Runtime: 94 min.
Rating: 5.0
DVD
Languages: Cantonese
Countries: Hong Kong
Genres: Comedy
Cast
Roberto
Tam Kau Kwai
Tam Kau An
Ho Sau Kit
Tam Kau Fu
Mrs Tam Yuet Yung
Miss Ho
Hou Chung
Grandpa Tam
Mama Tam
Tam Kau Kei
Tam Dai Foon
George
Judge
Patron at Japanese restaurant
Chung's father
Chung's mother
Yuet Yung's maid
Yuet Yung's neighbor
Rascal on jetty
Minibus passenger
Tam's family relative