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Gift from Heaven

1989 · 90 min

A breezy, lighthearted caper that coasts on the charm of its three leads and the giddy thrill of sudden cash.

Overview
Three colleagues (Carol Cheng, Joey Wong, Sandy Lam) at a Hong Kong corporation put in overtime at the office one night and stumbled upon a bag filled with 10 million dollars in cash. Ecstatic with their wealthy find, they took the money and began to concoct a safe plan to spend it. However, when the friends discover that their company's senior manager was blackmailed and the money left behind to pay out the blackmailer was reported missing, the friends fear that they might be reprimanded for finding and taking the cash.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • greed
    • crime
    • friendship
    • deception
    Places
    • big city
    • workplace
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour7
    Realism6
    Romance2
    Tension4
    Darkness3
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight3

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Andy Chin Wing-Keung
    Written by
    Andy Chin Wing-Keung, Fong Chi-Ho
    Starring
    Carol Cheng, Derek Yee Tung-Sing, Joey Wong, Sandy Lam, Cheung Kwok-keung, Mark Cheng Ho-nam, Woo Fung, Fanny Sit Chi-Lun
    Music
    Tats Lau Yee-tat
    Cinematography
    William Yim Wai-Lun
    Runtime
    90 min
    Country
    Hong Kong
    Languages
    Cantonese

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