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Perfect Life (2009)
Directed by Emily Tang
Documentary, Drama · 1h 37m
Perfect Life, the second feature by Emily Tang (Tang Xiaobai), at first revolves around Li Yueying, a young woman in the cold north-east of China. In a world where no one is waiting for an untrained, inexperienced woman, she knows that in order to fulfil her dreams she will have to resort to her own stubbornness and selfishness. Her father deserted her mother and the money saved by the family is destined for her younger brother's studies. When she stops working for a shop making artificial limbs in order to take a job as a chambermaid, she attracts the attention of a mysterious criminal, Mongol. Then in the editing, the documentary story of Jenny from Hong Kong starts to emerge. She thought she had her life perfectly worked out, but when her marriage breaks down, she also finds herself in financial problems and has to fight for the custody of her children.
Cast
Yao Qianyu
Li Yue Ying
Cheng Taishen
Wang Hong Lin
Zhang Dajing
Hotel manager
Li Guangjie
Brother Liao
Crew
- Director
- Emily Tang
- Writer
- Emily Tang
- Director of Photography
- Lai Yiu-Fai
- Editor
- Chow Keung
- Producer
- Chow Keung
Details
- Original title
- 完美生活
- Release date
- 2009-01-30
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama
- Original language
- ZH
- Spoken languages
- Cantonese, Mandarin
- Countries
- Hong Kong, China
- Production
- Xstream Pictures