Love in the Buff
| Love in the Buff | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Pang Ho-cheung |
| Produced by | John Chong |
| Starring |
Miriam Yeung Shawn Yue Xu Zheng Yang Mi Vincent Kok |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Media Asia Films |
Release dates |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
| Language |
Cantonese Mandarin |
| Box office | US$3.61 million[1] |
Love in the Buff (Chinese: 春嬌與志明) is a 2012 Hong Kong romantic comedy film directed by Pang Ho-cheung and starring Miriam Yeung and Shawn Yue. It is the sequel to the 2010 film Love in a Puff.
Principal photography began in mid-July 2011 at Hong Kong and was later moved to Beijing in early August, before finally wrapping up 30 August 2011. The movie was released on 29 March 2012 in Hong Kong.
For her performance in the film, Miriam Yeung won the Best Actress at the 32nd Hong Kong Film Award for the movie.[2]
Plot
Five months after the events in Love in a Puff, Jimmy was under a high pressure in working hours and workload, Cherie was dissatisfied with it and decided to move back to live with her parents. After they broke up, Jimmy followed his job development to Beijing, and therefore he was recognised by stewardess You-you Shang on the flight, and developed a romantic relationship.
Six months later, Cherie was also transferred to the company in Beijing, the two meet by chance, the lingering feelings made them rekindle their love, they can’t seem to keep away from each other. However, a desirable male partner Sam was having a good impression with Cherie...
Cast
- Miriam Yeung as Cherie Yu
- Shawn Yue as Jimmy Cheung
- Yang Mi as Youyou Shang
- Xu Zheng as Sam
- Vincent Kok as Jimmy's colleague
- Roy Szeto as Jimmy's colleague
- Crystal Tin as Cherie's boss
- Ekin Cheng as himself (cameo)
- Linda Wong as herself (cameo)
- Huang Xiaoming as "man who looks like Huang Xiaoming" (cameo)
- Hao Lei (cameo)
Reception
As of 3 April 2012, Love in the Buff has scored an 89% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[3]
Box office
After 4 days of its initial release in Hong Kong, the film has earned HK$9,301,112 in the box office and was no. 1 on the weekend of 31 March to 1 April at the Hong Kong box office.[4]
Closing Credits
Shawn Yue's re-enactment of Linda Wong's '90s hit song "Don't Ask Who I Am" was shown along with the closing credits. In the video, Yue dressed very closely as Wong, as well as mimicked Wong's facial expressions and gestures in the original video. This video has gone viral on social networking sites.
Soundtrack album
A Love in the Buff original soundtrack was released on 30 March 2012.
Track listing:
- 法國人惹的禍
- Drenched (唱-曲婉婷)
- Water Melon Bossa
- Chop Pig Chair
- 離開好地方
- 好地方（北京版）
- Rendezvous Valse
- 我的歌聲裡 (唱-曲婉婷)
- Anyway At All
- Smoky Memory
- He Said You Are Beautiful
- Date In Bed
- Queen Of Hea
- What's Behind
- Third Party
- Flirt Again
- Blind Date Club
- Who's 余春嬌?
- To Be Honest
- 草坪，野餐，好舒服
- 春天
- Transparent Secret (EKIN version)
- Mirror Of You
- Why Couldn't Be Together Everyday?
- Time To Leave, Bye!
- Time To Chase You Back
- 掛住你呀！
- Love Means...
- Love In The Buff
References
- ↑ Liz Shackleton (2012-07-06). "Hong Kong box office soars by 19% in first half of 2012". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
- ↑ "32nd Hong Kong Film Awards 2013". HK Neo Reviews. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
- ↑ Love in the Buff Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on 3 April 2012.
- ↑ 每週詳細票房 2012年3月26日 - 2012年4月1日 Hong Kong Film Mart. Retrieved on 10 April 2012.