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  Leung Chiu-Wai, Tony
  Wong, Faye
  Wong, Kar Wai


Chinese Odyssey 2002 (Simplified Chinese: 天下无双, Tianxia Wushuang) is a 2002 Hong Kong movie directed by Jeffrey Lau and produced by Wong Kar-wai. It stars Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Faye Wong, Vicki Zhao and Chang Chen. These are the Lunar New Year film, a practice of the Hong Kong screenland to release the flick (unremarkably a comedy) and so when to boost picture show ticket sales when you took the holiday year.

Plot outline

Ah Long (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) is the town rowdy, known for his swinish manners & reckless attitude which endeared him to there are no of these, save his sister Feng (Vicki Zhao) world health organization has the curious preference for cross-dressing. At this point of the film, it may be assumed that each these sib would virtually use there are no risk at marriage due to their misfits.

Faye Wong is cast as a runaway princess world health organization was as well dressed as a human, a disguise which fooled each Long & Feng & a previous immediately decided that he liked the future-witnessed friend such that he would entrust his sister's hand inside marriage to the mistaken identity princess. A princess on the other h& would non marry a second woman and tried to fend off Long's suggestions of the match however she besides likes Long fallowing the piece.

A Emperor (Chang Chen) too left his palace temporarily sequentially to research for his missing sister. He dresses prefer the common man & by the unknown twist of fate, ceases higher caring Long & Feng & took interest in the latter whom he strains to court. His intentions to leave a palace was as well buoyed per fact that he was unhappy & lonely at a court & wanted to escape a suffocating influence of the Queen Mother (Rebecca Pan) world health organization played an Empress Dowager dictatorial rule in the actions of her boy.

A Princess was too assisted by her 'fairy godmother' (Athena Chu) within marrying her match. A Queen Mother heard of her perverse tikes & storms Long's home, in which her babies were holed higher, lone to hear that it wished to marry ii common person by having unpleasant & nonconcentric tendencies. She agrees to give her babies a risk at their individual happiness & sets the babies to particular tasks of which the Emperor accomplishes his well & wins Feng's hand around marriage. Lone Long was unable to launder also & a Queen Mother forbids a lovers to marry.

A ending is well predicted when Long one of these days married a Princess & completely ceases successfully ever fallowing. the entire plot is wrought by using a want to call for confessedly love although a entire film is intended to become a comedy.

Cast and roles include
Tony Leung Chiu Wai - Li Yilong Faye Wong - Princess Wushuang Vicki Zhao - Phoenix Chang Chen - Emperor Zheng De Roy Cheung - Chu Liangshim Athena Chu - Amour Amour Rebecca Pan - Queen mother Jan Lamb - Comentary (voice) Chan Fai-hung - Emperor (voice) Goo-Bi GC - Phoenix (voice) Eric Kot Jeffrey Lau - President Chen Jing Ning

Awards

Nomination, Better Actress, 2002 (Faye Wong) at a 22nd Annual Hong Kong Film Awards Winner, Better Picture at a Ninth Annual Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards Winner, Better Actress at a Ninth Annual Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards

HKcinemagic: Chinese Odyssey 2002
Essay by Luis Canau about the film, focusing on the influence of producer Wong Kar Wai.

Internet Movie Database: Tian xia wu shuang (2002)
Synopsis, cast and crew, user comments and ratings, awards, distribution details, and links.

Natural Born Viewers: Chinese Odyssey 2002
Review of the movie by Simon Tomlinson.


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