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What Women Want | |
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Traditional Chinese | 我知女人心 |
Simplified Chinese | 我知女人心 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Wǒ Zhī Nǚ Rén Xīn |
Jyutping | Ngo2 Zi1 Neoi5 Jan2 Sam1 |
Directed by | Chen Daming |
Screenplay by | Chen Daming |
Based on | What Women Want by
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Produced by | Chen Daming Don Yu |
Starring | Andy Lau Gong Li |
Cinematography | Max Wang |
Edited by | Nelson Quan |
Music by | Christoper O'Young |
Production companies | Beijing Bona Film and Cultural Communication Co., Ltd China Film Group Corporation DMG Entertainment Group Emperor Motion Pictures Bona Entertainment Company Limited Focus Film Limited |
Distributed by | Beijing Polybona Film Distribution Co. Ltd. (China) Emperor Motion Pictures Distribution Workshop (Hong Kong) |
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Running time | 115 minutes [1] |
Countries | China Hong Kong [1] |
Languages | Mandarin English |
Budget | US$5 million |
Box office | US$11.8 million [2] |
What Women Want is a 2011 romantic comedy film remake of the 2000 American film of the same name. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, the film stars Andy Lau and Gong Li. What Women Want was released in China on 3 February 2011, the first day of Chinese New Year.
The plot is a very close remake of the American version with some minor changes. The plot takes place mostly in an advertising company in Beijing, in which Lau plays a slick ad agency creative director who gets acquainted with his new talented competition, played by Gong. He is helped when he gets the ability to hear women's thoughts due to a freak accident.