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Perhaps Love

2005 · 108 min

A lush, bittersweet backstage musical where past and present blur, leaving a lingering ache of love and letting go.

Directed by
Peter Chan
Genres
Drama, Music, Romance
Starring
Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhou Xun, Jacky Cheung Hok-yau
Overview
A love triangle develops between the male and female leads and the director during the making of a musical in Mainland China.

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Directed by
Peter Chan
Genres
Drama, Music, Romance
Starring
Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhou Xun, Jacky Cheung Hok-yau
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • memory
  • identity
  • obsession
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • musical
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism6
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, music, romance
Directed by
Peter Chan
Written by
Raymond To Kwok-Wai, Aubrey Lam Oi-Wah
Starring
Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhou Xun, Jacky Cheung Hok-yau, Ji Jin-hee, Eric Tsang Chi-wai, Sandra Ng Kwan-yu, Hans Zhang, Zhang Jiayi
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
108 min
Country
China, Hong Kong, Malaysia
Languages
Mandarin

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