Hot Summer Days
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User Rating
Current user rating: 87/100 (8 votes)
Profile
- Movie: Hot Summer Days / Chuen sing yit luen - yit lat lat
- Traditional Chinese: 全城熱戀
- Simplified Chinese: 全城热恋
- Director: Tony Chan, Wing Shya
- Writer: Tony Chan
- Producer: Fruit Chan, Paul Cheng
- Cinematographer: Sion Michel
- Release Date: February 11, 2010 (China) / February 18, 2010 (Hong Kong)
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- Language: Cantonese, Mandarin
- Country: Hong Kong / China
Plot
In "Hot Summer Days" a hot summer heat wave engulfs the Chinese territory, while the movie covers the lives of various characters during that time. There's chaffeur Wah (Jacky Cheung) who tries to woo foot masseur Li Yan (Rene Liu) via text messages, air conditioner repairman Ah Wai (Nicholas Tse) interested in biker girl Ding Dong (Barbie Hsu), a master sushi chef (Daniel Wu) who spurns the love of writer Wasabi (Vivian Hsu), country hick Da Fu (Xinbo Fu) who tries to impress teddy bear factory worker Xiao Qi Angela Baby by standing out in the hot noon sun for 100 days, & photographer Leslie Guan (Yihong Duan) & assistant attempting to track down a woman who they believed cursed the photographer into blindness ...
Cast
- Jacky Cheung - Wah
- Rene Liu - Li Yan
- Daniel Wu - Master Chef
- Nicholas Tse - Ah Wai
- Barbie Hsu - Ding Dong
- Vivian Hsu - Wasabi
- Chia Hui Liu
- Yihong Duan - Leslie Guan
- Angela Baby - Xiao Qi
- Boran Jing - Xiao Fang
- Xinbo Fu - Da Fu
- Kate Yeung - Reporter
- Fruit Chan - Ice-cream Vendor
- Shawn Yue
- Maggie Cheung
- Gordon Liu
Trailer
Film Festivals
- 2011 (14th) Shanghai International Film Festival - June 11-19, 2011 - Panorama - Spectrum
Claire Flaherty Says:
May 30 2011 8:53 pm
I just saw this on a flight from Shanghai to NYC. Wonderful! Powerful acting all the way around. Reminiscent of a Woody Allen proffering; but with a passion and poignancy that leaves romantic comedy behind by the end of the opening scene.
Riisa Says:
May 18 2011 9:28 pm
Pause the trailer at 30 seconds...is that Huang Xiao Ming??
sophie Says:
Sep 03 2010 2:08 am
ididn't recognize barbie at all.. wid her short hair haha.. she's so cute