The Devil Inside Me is a 2011 Chinese horror thriller film directed by Zhang Qi and starring Tony Leung and Kelly Lin.

The Devil Inside Me
Film poster
Traditional Chinese奪命心跳
Simplified Chinese夺命心跳
Hanyu PinyinDuó Mìng Xīn Tiào
JyutpingDyut6 Ming6 Sam1 Tiu3
Directed byZhang Qi
Screenplay byZhang Qi
Huang Wei
Produced byMeng Luyue
StarringTony Leung
Kelly Lin
CinematographyWang Xuewen
Edited byZhang Jia
Production
companies
Xi'an Qujiang Film Investment
Xi'an Qujiang Culture Production Investment
Unicorn (Beijing) Film & TV Media
Distributed byBeijing Enlight Pictures
Xi'an Qujiang Film & TV Investment
Release date
  • 2 July 2011 (2011-07-02)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin

Plot

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Lin Yan (Kelly Lin) is a beautiful woman who has fallen into dire straits as a result of a heart transplant that is gradually turning into another person. Yan believes that all the strange things that she encounters are the result of the heart transplant and that she is becoming the deceased owner of the heart Jiang Beiyan (Anya). Due to memory of the heart, Yan gradually sees different memories of Beiyan and under heavy mental pressure, she develops hallucinations and always feeling that Beiyan is around her. Also because of the memory of the heart, Yan thinks that her face is Beiyan and thinks she sees Beiyan while looking at herself in the mirror and pursues her memories and finds help from Beiyan's boyfriend Ma Benke (Huang Weide). In reality, it is physician Jiang Mu (Tony Leung) who is manipulating everything from behind. Mu knows that he has brain cancer and does not have much time left and uses Yan as his experimental target to verify that his "heart memory" theory is feasible and to extend the life of her lover, Beiyan. Mu gave Benke a heart injected with a large dose of anesthetic and yielded his heart to Benke hoping to revive himself in Benke's body so he can live a happy life with Beiyan.

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