Irreversi

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Irreversi
(Mandarin version: Hui lu)
Irreversi.jpg
Irreversi theatrical poster
Directed by Michael Gleissner
Written byMichael Gleissner
Mark Jacyszyn
Scott Kurttila
Andrew Lacrosse
Produced byIrreversi:
Kacy Andrews
Lisa Schahet
Hui lu:
Elliot Tong
StarringIrreversi:
Mei Melancon
Ian Bohen
Estella Warren
Kenny Doughty
Caroline Carver
Hui lu:
Margaret Wang
Hawick Lau
Sasha Hou
Hao Qin
CinematographyIrreversi:Jack Messitt
Hui lu:Jason Kwan
Edited byIrreversi:
Stanley Tam
Kristoffer Villarino
Hui lu: Kwok-Wing Leung
Music by Erik Godal
Jaye Muller
Ben Patton
Production
company
Distributed byBigfoot Entertainment
Release dates
Irreversi:
  • 2010 (2010)(U.S.)
Hui lu:
Running time
87 minutes
LanguagesIrreversi: English
Hui lu: Mandarin
Budgetest. $2,000,000 US

Irreversi is a 2010 dramatic film directed by Michael Gleissner and shot in Hong Kong as the English language version of Gleissner's Mandarin-language film Hui lu, which he filmed and directed at the same time in the same locations but with an entirely different cast. [1] [2] The title refers to how a situation can reverse and turn against the original perpetrator.

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Production

Both Irreversi and Hui lu were self-financed by Gleissner, and filming of both began in Hong Kong in March 2006. [3] The film duo marked being Gleissner's directorial debut, as well as being the first time identical films were produced simultaneously in both English and Mandarin, with the two otherwise identical versions having two separate sets of cast and crew. [2] The only cast that was common to both films were Vietnamese supermodel Bebe Pham and Geissner himself using the pseudonym of Ken Arden. Gleissner directed both films and produced the English version. Elliot Tong produced the Chinese version, [4] which was itself released in Hong Kong in 2007 and screened in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Chengdu in 2009. [1]

Synopsis

Adam, a young entrepreneur, has sold his technology company. The money allows him and his new wife Lynda to enjoy a life of luxury, but their marriage becomes unstable when Lynda begins to suspect that Adam's newly acquired fortune is related to the recent death of her brother.

Cast

Irreversi

Hui lu

Hui lu theatrical poster
(Mandarin) Hui lu poster.jpg
Hui lu theatrical poster
( Mandarin )

Recognition

Awards and nominations

In 2008 IreversiHiu lu Won the Award of Merit at the 6th Annual Accolade Competition. [5]

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