Inner Senses

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Inner Senses
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Traditional Chinese 異度空間
Simplified Chinese 异度空间
Hanyu Pinyin Yì Dù Kōng Jiān
Jyutping Ji6 Dou6 Hung1 Gaan1
Directed by Law Chi-leung
Written by Derek Yee
Law Chi-leung
Yeung Sin-ling
Produced byDerek Yee
Starring Leslie Cheung
Karena Lam
Maggie Poon
Waise Lee
Valerie Chow
Norman Chui
Samuel Lam
CinematographyKeung Kwok-man
Edited byKwong Chi-leung
Music by Peter Kam
Production
company
Filmko Pictures
Distributed by Golden Harvest
Clyde Films Inc.
Release date
  • 28 March 2002 (2002-03-28)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$3,246,314.00 [1]

Inner Senses is a 2002 Hong Kong psychological horror film directed by Law Chi-leung and starring Leslie Cheung and Karena Lam. The film explores themes of hallucination, clinical depression, psychological trauma and suicide. It was also the last film Cheung acted in before his death in April 2003.

Contents

Summary

Psychiatrist Dr. Jim Law tries to treat his patient, Cheung Yan, a woman who believes that she sees ghosts. Law does not believe in the supernatural and thinks that she is repressing her past. Law reads Yan's diaries to better understand her psyche and learns that her parents are divorced and do not care for her. Yan's condition improves gradually and they develop a romantic relationship at the same time.

However, Law feels that he cannot become too close to Yan because she is his patient and tries to convey the message to her indirectly. Yan understands his words and feels hurt, as she thinks that he is dumping her in the same way as her ex-boyfriend did. She starts having hallucinations again and sees the spirits of her landlord's deceased wife and son, after which she attempts suicide by overdosing on antidepressants and slitting her wrist, but survives. Law travels to Yan's apartment later and hears strange noises in the bathroom and thinks that her neighbour upstairs is responsible. Once, Law sees a female ghost while looking out of his window, and sees her again on another two occasions while driving and swimming. He starts taking antidepressants as well and tries to electrocute himself, but is rescued in time and recovers.

Law eventually helps Yan recover from her mental illness by reuniting her with her parents. Following that, he starts dating Yan as she is no longer his patient. While in a restaurant one day, Law is attacked by a woman, whom he remembers to be the mother of the ghost he saw. He starts having nightmares and begins sleepwalking, behaving erratically and reacting violently when Yan and his colleagues ask him. The ghost that Law sees is actually Siu-yu, his ex-girlfriend in high school, who committed suicide after Law broke up with her. Law has visions of Siu-yu following him wherever he goes and flees in horror until he finally reaches the top of a building. He is confronted by Siu-yu's ghost, who wants to force him to jump off. Law shows remorse for causing Siu-yu's death and the ghost disappears. After that, he sees Yan walking towards him and embraces her, and the film ends with both of them sitting together on the top of the building.

Cast

Release

Inner Senses was released in Hong Kong on 28 March 2002. In the Philippines, the film was released on 24 September 2003, with the marketing exploiting the death of Leslie Cheung by stating it occurred under the same circumstances as what happened to his character Jim Law. [2]

Accolades

Awards and nominations
CeremonyCategoryRecipientOutcome
22nd Hong Kong Film Awards Best Director Law Chi-leung Nominated
Best Actor Leslie Cheung Nominated
Best Actress Karena Lam Nominated
Best Sound DesignKinson TsangNominated
Outstanding Young Director AwardLaw Chi-leungWon
39th Golden Horse Awards Best ActorLeslie CheungNominated
9th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards Film of MeritInner SensesNominated
2nd Ming Pao AwardsMost Outstanding Film ActorLeslie CheungWon

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References

  1. HKMDB
  2. "Today Ghosts Will Scare You To Death!". Philippine Daily Inquirer . The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc. 24 September 2003. p. A28. Retrieved 8 September 2022. The award-winning lead star of this film has died recently in the same mysterious and terrifying circumstances suffered by the character he has portrayed... Ikaw, handa ka rin bang saniban para maniwalang totoo ang multo?