Anna Magdalena

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Anna Magdalena
Directed by Yee Chung Man
Produced by Claudie Chung Chun (executive producer)
Golden Harvest[1]
United Filmmakers Organization (UFO)[2]
Written by Ivy Ho
Starring Kelly Chen
Takeshi Kaneshiro
Aaron Kwok
Music by Chiu Tsang-Hei[3][4]
Cinematography Peter Pau
Editing by Maurice Lee Ming-man[5]
Release date(s) 1998
Running time 98 min[6]
Country Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong
Language Cantonese

Anna Magdalena (traditional Chinese: 安娜瑪德蓮娜) is a 1998 Hong Kong film starring Kelly Chen, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Aaron Kwok. It was the directorial debut of production designer Yee Chung-Man.

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Title

The title refers to the keyboard piece Minuet in G Major believed to have been written by Johann Sebastian Bach's colleague, Christian Petzold, from the 1725 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach[7]. Anna Magdalena was Bach's second wife. The music attracts the attention of Chan Kar-fu and Yau Muk-yan as Kelly Chen's character plays it on her piano. The film score uses this theme repeatedly.

Synopsis

The film structure loosely follows that of the minuet: four "movements", which are announced by titles: two themes, a duet, and a set of variations[8]. 1- Chan Kar-fu's (Takeshi Kaneshiro) introduction 2- Yau Muk-yan's (Aaron Kwok) effect on his life 3- Mok Man-Yee's (Kelly Chen) effect on their lives 4- Chan Kar-fu's literary vision of love.[9] This fourth "movement" (Variations) is a wild fantasy on the previous material, based on the novel written by Kaneshiro's character: The XO Pair[10].

Unemployed aspiring writer Yau Muk-yan (Aaron Kwok) moves into the apartment of Chan Kar-fu (Takeshi Kaneshiro), a shy piano tuner. Both will soon fall in love with their new neighbor Mok Man-Yee (Kelly Chen).

Cast includes

Filming locations

Reception

The film grossed 7.8 million HK$ in Hong Kong.[12]

It was nominated at the 18th Hong Kong Film Awards[13]:

  • Nominated - Best Cinematography (Peter Pau Tak-Hei)
  • Nominated - Best Art Direction (Poon Chi-Wai)
  • Nominated - Best Costume Design (Ng Lei-Lo)
  • Nominated - Best Original Score (Chiu Tsang-Hei)

1999 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards: "Film of Merit"

See also

References

  1. ^ Allmovie
  2. ^ Allmovie
  3. ^ chinesecinemas.org
  4. ^ lovehkfilm
  5. ^ chinesecinemas.org
  6. ^ hkcinemagic
  7. ^ chinesecinemas.org
  8. ^ chinesecinemas.org
  9. ^ dragonsdenuk
  10. ^ lovehkfilm
  11. ^ chinesecinemas.org
  12. ^ hkcinemagic
  13. ^ lovehkfilm

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