No.7 Cherry Lane (Chinese: 繼園臺七號; pinyin: jìyuántái qīhào) is a 2019 Hong Kong-Chinese adult animated film directed by Yonfan, with animation by Zhang Gang.[4][2] It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 76th Venice International Film Festival.[5][6] It was also selected for the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival as a Special Presentation.[7] At the Venice Film Festival, the film won the Best Screenplay Award.[8]

No.7 Cherry Lane
Film poster
Traditional Chinese繼園臺七號
Simplified Chinese继园台七号
Hanyu Pinyinjìyuántái qīhào
Directed byYonfan
Written byYonfan
Produced byMonica Chao
Starring
Edited byWang Haixia
Music byYu Yat-yiu
Yonfan
Chapavich Temnitikul
Phasura Chanvititkul
Distributed byFar Sun Film Co. Ltd.
Release date
Running time
125 minutes
CountriesHong Kong
China[2][3]
LanguagesMandarin
Cantonese
Shanghainese

Plot

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During the rise of the materialistic comfort of life in the 1960s, there emerges an undercurrent of danger in Hong Kong.

No.7 Cherry Lane tells the tale of Ziming, a Hong Kong University undergraduate, entangled between his amorous feelings for a self-exiled mother Mrs Yu from Taiwan in the White Terror period, and her beautiful daughter Meiling. He takes them to different movies and through a series of magical moments on the big screen, forbidden passions are revealed. And the era coincides with Hong Kong's turbulent times of 1967.

Cast

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Character Chinese Voice actor English voice actor
Mrs. Yu Sylvia Chang
Meiling Zhao Wei
Ziming Alex Lam
Mrs. May Kelly Yao
Madame Simone Natalia Duplessis
Miaoyu the Nun Teresa Cheung
The Woman in Yellow Jiang Wenli
Baron Louis Daniel Wu
Steven Stephen Fung
Ah Kwok Tian Zhuangzhuang
The Pickpocket Ann Hui
The Craven Cat Fruit Chan
Mrs. Lin Rebecca Pan

References

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  1. ^ "No.7 Cherry Lane". labiennale. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b "'No. 7 Cherry Lane': Venice Review". Screen International. The animation, created under the aegis of Zhang Gang
  3. ^ "Venice Film Review: 'No. 7 Cherry Lane'". Variety.com.
  4. ^ "'No. 7 Cherry Lane' ('Ji yuan tai qi hao'): Film Review". Hollywoodreporter.com. Animation master: Zhang Gang
  5. ^ Vivarelli, Nick (25 July 2019). "Joker, Ad Astra, The Laundromat, Marriage Story to Compete in Venice". Variety. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Venezia 76 Competition". labiennale.org. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  7. ^ "TIFF 44 Special Presentations". tiff.net. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  8. ^ Anderson, Ariston. "Venice: Todd Phillips' 'Joker' Wins Golden Lion, Roman Polanski Wins Silver Lion". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
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