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Chaos By Design(1988)
Status: Released
Date: 1988-04-29
63%
3 Votes
Time: 1h 25m
Overview:
Controversial director Angela Chan explores the "La Cage Aux Folles" demi-monde that thrives in today's Hong Kong, but which has never before been portrayed in a major movie. Alex To plays a handsome fashion designer trapped in a tangle of ambiguous relationships that becomes even more complex when he falls for a beautiful D.J. (Cecilia Yip) who, with the help of her best friend (Cherie Chung), is trying to get out of an arranged marriage. This film looks and sounds like a comedy, but has some serious comments about a veiled segment of Hong Kong.
Languages: Cantonese.
Countries:
Hong Kong
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Chaos By Design
Top 10 Billed Cast
鍾楚紅
Rockie
葉童
Jeanne Cha
杜德偉
Abel Song
Maggie Li Lin-Lin
Deborah
Chan Kit-Ling
Jeanne's 3rd aunt
Lam Lap-San
Derek Dai
Regina Kent
Jamie
何啟南
Koku
Dennis Chan Kwok-San
Dr Anthony Lau
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Overview
Controversial director Angela Chan explores the "La Cage Aux Folles" demi-monde that thrives in today's Hong Kong, but which has never before been portrayed in a major movie. Alex To plays a handsome fashion designer trapped in a tangle of ambiguous relationships that becomes even more complex when he falls for a beautiful D.J. (Cecilia Yip) who, with the help of her best friend (Cherie Chung), is trying to get out of an arranged marriage. This film looks and sounds like a comedy, but has some serious comments about a veiled segment of Hong Kong.
Release Date
1988-04-29
Average
6.3
Rating:
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