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This article is about a Hong Kong film. For the noblewoman, see Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler. For the given name, see Anna Magdalena (given name).

1998 Hong Kong film
Anna Magdalena
DVD cover
Directed byYee Chung-Man
Written byIvy Ho
Produced byClaudie Chung
StarringAaron Kwok
Kelly Chen
Takeshi Kaneshiro
CinematographyPeter Pau
Edited byMaurice Lee
Music byChiu Tsang-hei
Production
companies		Golden Harvest
United Filmmakers Organization (UFO)
Distributed byGolden Harvest
Release date
  • 4 April 1998 (1998-04-04)
Running time98 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$7,805,160

Anna Magdalena (Chinese: 安娜瑪德蓮娜) is a 1998 Hong Kong romantic fantasy comedy film starring Aaron Kwok, Kelly Chen and Takeshi Kaneshiro. It was the directorial debut of production designer Yee Chung-Man.

Title

The title refers to the keyboard piece Minuet in G Major believed to have been written by Johann Sebastian Bach's colleague, Christian Petzold, from the 1725 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach. Anna Magdalena was Bach's second wife. The music attracts the attention of Chan Kar-fu and Yau Muk-yan as Mok Man-yee plays it on her piano. The film score uses this theme repeatedly.

Synopsis

The film structure loosely follows that of the minuet: four "movements", which are announced by titles: two themes, a duet, and a set of variations. 1- Chan Kar-fu's (Takeshi Kaneshiro) introduction 2- Yau Muk-yan's (Aaron Kwok) effect on his life 3- Mok Man-Yee's (Kelly Chen) effect on their lives 4- Chan Kar-fu's literary vision of love. This fourth "movement" (Variations) is a wild fantasy on the previous material, based on the novel written by Kaneshiro's character: The XO Pair.

Unemployed aspiring writer Yau Muk-yan (Aaron Kwok) moves into the apartment of Chan Kar-fu (Takeshi Kaneshiro), a shy piano tuner. Both will soon fall in love with their new neighbor Mok Man-Yee (Kelly Chen).

Cast includes

Filming locations

  • Hong Kong
  • Vietnam for the fantasy scenes

Reception

The film grossed HK$7.8 million in Hong Kong.

Awards and nominations

See also

References

  1. ^ chinesecinemas.org
  2. ^ lovehkfilm
  3. ^ Allmovie
  4. ^ hkcinemagic
  5. dragonsdenuk Archived 26 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Anna Magdalena at HKMDB
  7. Anna Magdalena at chinesemov.com

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