Father Takes A Bride DVD Region 3
Lucilla You (Actor)
| Lei Zhen (Actor)
| Wang Lai
| Wong Tin Lam (Director)
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Directed by one of Hong Kong's most well-known and prolific filmmakers, Wong Tin Lam, Father Takes a Bride is a touching and sensitive melodrama about the changing lives of a single family. The luminous Lucilla You stars as a young woman with two younger brothers, whose widower father (Wang Yin) is finally thinking of remarrying. But Lucilla is also thinking of getting married to a handsome gentleman (Lei Zhen) that she met while riding on a crowded bus. Outwardly, she's happy for the turn of events, but the cruel treatment given to a neighbor's stepchild gives her pause. Will her two young brothers be taken care of if she leaves the nest? Featuring a screenplay by celebrated author Eileen Chang, Father Takes a Bride is an elegant and lovely motion picture that perfectly represents the crowd-pleasing films of the Cathay Studios!
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| Product Title: | Father Takes A Bride 小兒女 小儿女 Father Takes A Bride Father Takes A Bride |
| Artist Name(s): | Lucilla You (Actor) | Lei Zhen (Actor) | Wang Lai 尤敏 (Actor) | 雷震 (Actor) | 王萊 尤敏 (Actor) | 雷震 (Actor) | 王莱 Lucilla You (Actor) | Lei Zhen (Actor) | Wang Lai Lucilla You (Actor) | Lei Zhen (Actor) | Wang Lai |
| Director: | Wong Tin Lam 王 天林 王 天林 王天林（ウォン・ティンラム） Wong Tin Lam |
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| Release Date: | 2003-09-19 |
| Language: | Mandarin |
| Subtitles: | English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese |
| Country of Origin: | Hong Kong |
| Picture Format: | NTSC What is it? |
| Aspect Ratio: | 1.33 : 1 |
| Sound Information: | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Disc Format(s): | DVD |
| Region Code: | 3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan) What is it? |
| Duration: | 97 (mins) |
| Publisher: | Panorama (HK) |
| Package Weight: | 130 (g) |
| Shipment Unit: | 1 What is it? |
| YesAsia Catalog No.: | 1002885186 |
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導演：王天林
中年喪偶的父親（王引）愛上了同年紀的小學校長（王萊），雖有續弦之意，卻又感於兒女的不悅而躇不前。兒女方面，兩個小兒子（鄧小宇、鄧小宙）固然惦念著亡母，長女（尤敏）更立誓要身兼母職將幼弟撫養成人，那怕犧牲自己的青春和教育機會。這樣的故事可以發生在任何家庭。但在張愛玲筆下，卻道盡了生命的無可奈何。影片可觀的地方是它的細節，和處處流露出人情世故的筆觸，大團圓式的結局雖然為了要照顧市場而稍嫌流於容易和理想化，但仍不損影片的溫煦情。兩屆亞洲影展影后尤敏在片中有一貫動人的演出，與王引繼《玉女私情》後再演父女，仍充滿情趣。片中的美術和佈景也具見功力，從中可勾勒出一幅六十年代初期香港新興中產階級的生活面貌。
International Screen, the official magazine of Cathay Organization, has this to describe Father Takes a Bride "What is a hoe without a mother" is perhaps the main theme of MP & GI's latest drama, Father Takes a Bride, which stars Lucilla You Min as the daughter of a widower who plans to remarry. Fearing that her two younger brothers would suffer under a step-mother, Lucilla is determined to "save" them. Mos probably another star vehicle for Lucilla after her success in playing a young adult daughter in Her Tender Heart in 1959, Father reverses the plot of the former film by having Lucilla rebels against her father instead of the mother. Written by renowned novelist Eileen Chang, who contributes to the film a subtlety rarely found in the Hong Kong cinema, the film is also remarkable for its exquisite set designs and a memorable score by the Japanese composer, R. Hitori.
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Quintessential Cathay gem
Quintessential Cathay gem
| It all starts with the writing. "Father Takes a Bride" has a simple, elegant story told in a very natural way through a thoughtful, beautifully written script. Add a skilled director and a cast that understands the subtle power of understated performances and you have a wonderful treat for the whole family. You Min provides the quiet, soulful heart of this small jewel of a movie, like an Audrey Hepburn with a common touch. This film is very highly recommended. |
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October 3, 2003
A performance of subtle elegance and heartfelt
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Lucilla Yu Min gave an indelible performance in this simple family drama of children opposing their widowed father to remarry all because of a neighbor's child being mistreated by a cruel stepmother--it reminds one of simpler times, simpler emotions. Wang Lai and Wang Yin united again from another Yu Min film "Her Tender Heart" proved once more how understatement (of gestures and gazes) can be more powerful than heated hysterics. A splendid cast (3 child actors and 5 excellent adults) had polished this light drama into a brilliant gemstone of great luminosity. A rare treat is provided by Lucilla Yu Min when she sang along with the radio, this was one of her rare forays into singing...and she did it with her usual elegant manner, I wish EMI would release a CD of all her songs (or better yet all of the songs from the Cathay classics) so we can all sing along with her in our contemplative hours. "Father takes a Bride" is a worthy addition to every fan's collection of Cathay Studios classic films. |
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