Fantasy Romance

Fantasy Romance

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Traditional 魔畫情
Simplified 魔画情
Mandarin Mó Huà Qíng
Cantonese Mo1 Waa6 Cing4
Directed by Taylor Wong
Produced by Peter Yang
Screenplay by Chan Kiu-ying
Starring Joey Wong
Tony Leung
Deanie Ip
Paul Chun
Willie Fung
Tien Feng
Wong Chi-keung
Music by Chan Tik-hong
Cinematography Herman Yau
Edited by Ma Chung-yiu
A Chik
Production
company
Fung Ming Production
Distributed by Golden Princess Amusement
Release dates
 4 April 1991 (1991-04-04)
Running time
 86 minutes
Country Hong Kong
Language Cantonese
Box office HK$1,937,025

Fantasy Romance is a 1991 Hong Kong romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Taylor Wong and starring Joey Wong, Tony Leung and Deanie Ip.

Plot

One time during a traffic accident, Stupid Shing (Tony Leung), a talented but frustrated manhua artist, encounters female ghost Ching-ching (Joey Wong), who was ready to be married to the Blood Demon. During the accident, Shing's car strayed into the underworld and knocks Ching's spirit to the living world.

When Ching arrives to the living world, she has no knowledge about the environment. Fortunately, she meets the Ghost whore (Deanie Ip), where they tell their life experiences to one another. The Ghost whore was a young widow who was accused of adultery and as a result, she and her son were drowned to death.

Ching has a soft spot for Shing and secretly uses her supernatural powers to helps him to move up in his career to become a popular cartoonist, which, however, causes her to become increasingly frail. On the other hand, the Ghost whore's son finally gets the chance to reincarnate as a human. For this to happen, however, the Ghost whore must capture and bring Ching back to the underworld to be married to the Blood Demon. For the sake of her son, the Ghost whore unhesitatingly betrays Ching.

In order to save his lover, Shing is determined to break into the underworld to battle with the Blood Demon. Finally, the Ghost whore sacrifices her soul to save Shing and Ching and battles to the death with the Blood Demon.

Cast

Reception

Critical

LoveHKFilm gave the film a negative review criticizing its humor and "unfunny" and the lack of development of the romance between its two main characters.[1]

Box office

The film grossed HK$1,937,025 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 4 to 10 April 1991 in Hong Kong.

References

  1. ↑ Ross Chen. "Fantasy Romance (1991". LoveHKFilm.com. Retrieved 18 October 2016.

External links

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