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Emmanuelle in Hong Kong

2003 · 95 min

A chilly, talky erotic drama that keeps its distance, trading heat for a clinical, faintly sordid air of marital experiment.

Directed by
Dick Lau Tin-Sze
Genres
Drama
Starring
Crystal Suen Ah-lei, Grace Lam Nga-Si, Ami Natsui
Overview
Yan and Emily have been married for two years. Since Emily is cultivated in a catholic way and considers sex to be a sin, their sex life is always miserable. To save their marriage, Yan hires a nobleman, K, to give Emily a lesson in sex. Yan cooks up a scheme to kidnap his wife and lock her up in a castle for three months for the tutorial. After the training, her attitude towards sex has been changed, but Yan is still unable to please his wife...

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Directed by
Dick Lau Tin-Sze
Genres
Drama
Starring
Crystal Suen Ah-lei, Grace Lam Nga-Si, Ami Natsui
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • sexuality
    • identity
    • love
    • betrayal
    • obsession
    Places
    • single country house
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex strong
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism6
    Romance5
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Dick Lau Tin-Sze
    Starring
    Crystal Suen Ah-lei, Grace Lam Nga-Si, Ami Natsui, Junko Akeno, Matthew Ng Ting, Eddie Lam Kim-Fung, Lin Wen-Wei
    Music
    Ah Chau
    Cinematography
    Patrick Jim
    Runtime
    95 min
    Country
    Hong Kong
    Languages
    Cantonese

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