Paper Marriage (VCD) (Hong Kong Version) VCD
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Jade, played by Maggie Cheung, belongs to one of these Hong Kong people. She moves to Canada with her boyfriend Peter (Alfred Cheung), who suggests her to stay with Bo (Sammu Hung) for a while so that a bogus marriage can get her the right of abode in Canada. Bo, a Chinese ex-boxer who has already obtained Canadian passport, accepts this plan solely because he needs money to repay his debts. However, the very night Jade moves in with Bo, Peter flees with all of Jade's money. Bo and Jade, while still confused about their next move, have to face the immigration officers' inspection of the "marriage life".
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| Product Title: | Paper Marriage (VCD) (Hong Kong Version) 過埠新娘 (VCD) (香港版) 过埠新娘 (VCD) (香港版) 恋はいつも嘘からはじまる （過埠新娘） （香港版） Paper Marriage (VCD) (Hong Kong Version) |
| Artist Name(s): | Maggie Cheung Man Yuk (Actor) | Sammo Hung (Actor) | Alfred Cheung (Actor) 張 曼玉 (Actor) | 洪金寶 (Actor) | 張堅庭 (Actor) 张 曼玉 (Actor) | 洪金宝 (Actor) | 张坚庭 (Actor) 張曼玉 （マギー・チャン） (Actor) | 洪金寶（サモ・ハン・キンポー） (Actor) | 張堅庭（アルフレッド・チョン） (Actor) 장만옥 (Actor) | Sammo Hung (Actor) | Alfred Cheung (Actor) |
| Director: | Alfred Cheung 張堅庭 张坚庭 張堅庭（アルフレッド・チョン） Alfred Cheung |
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| Release Date: | 2007-02-02 |
| Language: | Cantonese, Mandarin |
| Subtitles: | English, Traditional Chinese |
| Country of Origin: | Hong Kong |
| Disc Format(s): | VCD |
| Rating: | II |
| Publisher: | Joy Sales (HK) |
| Other Information: | 2VCDs |
| Package Weight: | 100 (g) |
| Shipment Unit: | 1 What is it? |
| YesAsia Catalog No.: | 1001803484 |
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Director: Alfred Cheung
肥寶（洪金寶飾）為一過氣加拿大籍拳師，嗜賭而欠債纍纍，迫得往研究院作試驗品，以維生計。某次肥寶獲友人介紹與一香港來的少女假結婚，可獲一筆款項，肥寶為還債而答允。小玉（張曼玊飾）從香港到加，欲與其男友Peter（張堅庭飾）一起生活，並將帶來的錢全交Peter，Peter勸小玉先與肥寶假結婚，以瞞過移民局，取得居留權。豈料當晚Peter送小玉到肥寶家後，帶著小玉的錢一走了之……
The boxer (Bo) is an unlucky gambler constantly on the look-out for a quick way to make money, Marriage is easier and more lucrative than being subject to bizarre scientifice experiments. The lady (JADE) is completely in love with her boyfriend (PETER) and gives him all her money when she arrives. PETTER convinces JADE to temporarily marry BO so that she can clear immigration and eventually become his bride. She accepts only to discover that PETER just wanted her money....
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Director Alfred Cheung takes the unlikely couple of Sammo Hung and Maggie Cheung and manages to wring an affecting action-comedy out of it. Sammo Hung is Bo, a Chinese immigrant who lives in Canada and exists in a series of odd jobs, including being a test subject for the local psychology school. When he enters massive debt at the racetrack, he's forced to enter into a fake marriage for a promised payoff. His paper wife is Jade (Maggie Cheung), who only wishes to get a green card so she can live in Canada with her longtime boyfriend Peter (Alfred Cheung). However, once the ceremony takes place Peter runs off with the dough, leaving Jade with Bo. Making matters worse, Bo is a woman-hater who resents his ex-wife (Joyce Godenzi) for leaving him. With the debt hanging over them, Bo and Jade form an unlikely friendship as each attempts to earn enough money to pay off the debt. Bo returns to his fighting roots and participates in underground boxing. Eventually he even has to face his ex-wife's new boyfriend (Billy Chow) in the ring. The plot ultimately involves the two HK immigrants finding some semblance of romance, though their quest to regain their self-respect is equally important. Still, this is an eighties HK movie so there's also a large kung-fu climax and female mud wrestling thrown in for kicks. By film's end, we should be tuning in to see Jade and Bo get together, but instead we're treated to a hunt for a cache of lost drug money and a huge action sequence set in a large indoor mall in Edmonton. Both Maggie Cheung and Sammo Hung turn in amiable performances, with Cheung earning extra points for the infamous mud wrestling sequence. Director Alfred Cheung manages to inject the film with only small doses of soul-searching in between the comedy, which makes the romance more subtle and affecting. This is an enjoyable little film that's far-fetched but manages to contain something akin to real human feeling. And for a Hong Kong film, that's extremely rare. by Kozo - LoveHKFilm.com |
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