Rice Rhapsody VCD

Hainan Chicken Rice is a famous Singaporean cuisine. But in Rice Rhapsody, it means much more than just a delicious dish. It nourishes our souls as much as it does to the bodies. Chicken Rice embodies warm familial affection and is adding rich flavor to people's lives in the film. Food, family and love interweave to form a story that is going to touch all.

Jen (Sylvia Chang) raises her three sons alone by running a restaurant famous for Hainan Chicken Rice. A traditional mother who looks forward to grandchildren, she has all her hopes on her youngest son Leo (Tan Lepham) because both her elder sons are gay. Collaborating with her neighbor Kim Shui (Martin Yan, the famous TV Chef), also a restaurant owner, Jen hopes to arouse Leo's interest in girls by having a young and passionate female exchange student from France moving in. Meanwhile Jen finds Kim Shui's newly invented Hainan Duck Rice challenging her self-esteem. She runs into a cooking contest with Kim Shui, but then she discovers something more important to her than her chicken rice...

You must not miss Sylvia Chang's vivid acting and Martin Yan's first amazing appearance in cinema. Sylvia Chang, Best Actress of Hong Kong Film Awards 2002 (Forever and Ever), stars as a contemporary Singaporean mother who demonstrates a complex emotion and a female courage that is shared by many mothers in the world. Martin Yan continues to amuse his audience in Rise Rhapsody by his humor in the famous TV cooking show Yan Can Cook.

Kenneth Bi, son of the famous Chinese actress Ivy Ling Po, was born in Singapore and educated in the States. Having a reputation as Ang Lee the second, his Rice Rhapsody strikes a chord of resonance with Lee's successful films Eat Drink Man Woman (also starring Sylvia Chang) and The Wedding Banquet, in terms of stylistic elements as well as thematic concerns.

The script of this film was awarded the Outstanding Screenplay of 1999 by the Taiwan Government Information Office. This year the film is selected for the Tokyo International Film Festival and Pusan International Film Festival. Rice Rhapsody also has Sylvia Chang nominated for the Best Actress and Kawasaki Masahiro for the Best Original Film Score in the Taipei Golden Horse Awards.

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Product Title:	Rice Rhapsody 海南雞飯 海南鸡饭 ライス・ラプソディ （海南鶏飯: Rice Rhapsody） Rice Rhapsody
Artist Name(s):	Sylvia Chang | Martin Yan Wen Da | Chen Li Peng | Laurent Melanie | Maggie Q | Kenneth Bi 張艾嘉 | 甄文達 | 陳立鵬 | Melanie Laurent | Maggie Q | 畢國智 张艾嘉 | 甄文达 | 陈立鹏 | Melanie Laurent | Maggie Q | 毕国智 張艾嘉（シルビア・チャン） | Martin Yan Wen Da | Chen Li Peng | メラニー・ローレン | マギー・Ｑ | 畢國智（ケネス・ビイ） Sylvia Chang | Martin Yan Wen Da | Chen Li Peng | Laurent Melanie | Maggie Q | Kenneth Bi
Release Date:	2005-03-18
Language:	Mandarin
Subtitles:	English, Traditional Chinese
Country of Origin:	Hong Kong
Disc Format(s):	VCD
Rating:	IIA
Duration:	106 (mins)
Publisher:	Joy Sales (HK)
Other Information:	2VCDs
Package Weight:	110 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1003944675

導演：畢國智
Director: Kenneth Bi

　　珍（張艾嘉飾）是個傳統的女子，縱然遭丈夫遺棄後，仍然堅持「繼後香燈」。為了獨力養大三個兒子，十二年來，珍以祖傳秘芳調製的海南雞飯，打響名堂。怎料發現，長子及次子皆是同性戀者後，把希望孤注一擲放在小兒子Leo身上。

　　金水（甄文達飾）同樣是開飯店，與珍兩人亦敵亦友，暗中支持珍，保住最後的「香燈」，常給他介紹女孩子。一天，法國交換生Sabine入住飯店，與Leo甚為投契，珍大感安慰。Leo與Sabine酒後糊塗，一夕風流後，Leo竟然現自己也是同性戀者，不敢面對母親。其時，金水自創的「海南鴨飯」一炮而紅，響徹廚壇，他的新菜間接拆毀了珍以海南雞飯起家的生意。珍家庭事業兩失意，她帶著無限嘆息，參加高手雲集的廚藝比賽中，珍發現，觸動她生命每個點滴的，並不單是一碗海南雞飯……

　　After being abandoned by her husband twelve years earlier, Jen (Sylvia Chang) raised her three sons alone. She uses her mother's secret Hainan Chicken Rice recipe and opened a restaurant to support the family. Her two older sons, Daniel and Harry are gay, as a woman with traditional values, Jen is fretful that she would have no grandchildren, if Leo, too, turns out to be gay. Together she and best friend, Kim Chui (Martin Yan) device a plan to keep Leo straight by bringing in a French exchange student to live with them. She is Leo’s age and her name is Sabine. Leo develops a strange but intriguing relationship with her, which greatly pleases Jen.

　　However, things begin to crumble for her again when Kim Chui becomes “the toast of the town” with his invention of a new dish deeply challenging her Chicken Rice. Kim Chui becomes a national celebrity overnight, and Jen's self-esteem is threatened. Finally, their conflicts come to a head when Jen participates in a cooking contest with Kim Chui and other chefs from Singapore. Food unexpectedly becomes a medium that not only nourishes their bodies but also opens their hearts.

監　製：李嘉繪
出品人：成龍、楊受成、陳自強、蘇志鴻、GARY HAMILTON
製作顧問：張艾嘉

This film has won 1 award(s) and received 1 award nomination(s).

• Hong Kong Films Awards 2006
  • Best Actress Nomination, Sylvia Chang
  • Best New Director Winner, Kenneth Bi

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