Anna Magdalena

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Anna Magdalena
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DVD cover
Directed by Yee Chung-Man
Written by Ivy Ho
Produced byClaudie Chung
Starring Aaron Kwok
Kelly Chen
Takeshi Kaneshiro
Cinematography Peter Pau
Edited byMaurice Lee [1]
Music byChiu Tsang-hei [1] [2]
Production
companies
Golden Harvest [3]
United Filmmakers Organization (UFO) [3]
Distributed byGolden Harvest
Release date
  • 4 April 1998 (1998-04-04)
Running time
98 minutes [4]
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$7,805,160

Anna Magdalena (Chinese :安娜瑪德蓮娜) is a 1998 Hong Kong romantic fantasy comedy film starring Aaron Kwok, Kelly Chen and Takeshi Kaneshiro. It was the directorial debut of production designer Yee Chung-Man.

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Title

The title refers to the keyboard piece Minuet in G Major believed to have been written by Johann Sebastian Bach's colleague, Christian Petzold, from the 1725 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach . [1] Anna Magdalena was Bach's second wife. The music attracts the attention of Chan Kar-fu and Yau Muk-yan as Mok Man-yee plays it on her piano. The film score uses this theme repeatedly.

Synopsis

The film structure loosely follows that of the minuet: four "movements", which are announced by titles: two themes, a duet, and a set of variations. [1] 1- Chan Kar-fu's (Takeshi Kaneshiro) introduction 2- Yau Muk-yan's (Aaron Kwok) effect on his life 3- Mok Man-Yee's (Kelly Chen) effect on their lives 4- Chan Kar-fu's literary vision of love. [5] This fourth "movement" (Variations) is a wild fantasy on the previous material, based on the novel written by Kaneshiro's character: The XO Pair. [2]

Unemployed aspiring writer Yau Muk-yan (Aaron Kwok) moves into the apartment of Chan Kar-fu (Takeshi Kaneshiro), a shy piano tuner. Both will soon fall in love with their new neighbor Mok Man-Yee (Kelly Chen).

Cast includes

[6] [7]

Filming locations

Reception

The film grossed HK$7.8 million in Hong Kong. [4]

Awards and nominations

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 chinesecinemas.org
  2. 1 2 3 lovehkfilm
  3. 1 2 Allmovie
  4. 1 2 hkcinemagic
  5. ↑ dragonsdenuk Archived 26 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Anna Magdalena at HKMDB
  7. ↑ Anna Magdalena at chinesemov.com
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