It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life

94 mins | Comedy | Feb. 6, 1994

This 1994 Chinese New Year offering takes place over a period of time between one Christmas and Chinese New Year's eve. As It's a Wonderful Life's Chinese title specifies, its focus is on a "Big Rich Family". We are introduced to thirteen people, learn of their particular dispositions and dilemmas, are witness to the former either getting changed or developed and see the latter (re)solved. Teresa Mo as the daughter just returned from studying in France; Leslie Cheung as the friend who came in tow; Tony Leung Kar Fai as the cartoonist son who can only speak normally when he is anxious; Anita Yuen as the woman who Tony Leung's character falls in love with; Carol "Do Do" Cheng as her flat-chested, disciplinary-cum-art teacher sister; Raymond Wong as the eldest son who cannot handle alcohol well; Petrina Fung Bo Bo as his estranged wife; Sean Lau as the marriage-minded cousin; and Kwan Tak Hing as the eccentric-but-definitely-not-senile grandfather.

It's a Wonderful Life

94 mins | Comedy | Feb. 6, 1994

It's a Wonderful Life
This 1994 Chinese New Year offering takes place over a period of time between one Christmas and Chinese New Year's eve. As It's a Wonderful Life's Chinese title specifies, its focus is on a "Big Rich Family". We are introduced to thirteen people, learn of their particular dispositions and dilemmas, are witness to the former either getting changed or developed and see the latter (re)solved. Teresa Mo as the daughter just returned from studying in France; Leslie Cheung as the friend who came in tow; Tony Leung Kar Fai as the cartoonist son who can only speak normally when he is anxious; Anita Yuen as the woman who Tony Leung's character falls in love with; Carol "Do Do" Cheng as her flat-chested, disciplinary-cum-art teacher sister; Raymond Wong as the eldest son who cannot handle alcohol well; Petrina Fung Bo Bo as his estranged wife; Sean Lau as the marriage-minded cousin; and Kwan Tak Hing as the eccentric-but-definitely-not-senile grandfather.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Mandarin Film Company
Original title 大富之家
Directors Clifton Ko Chi-Sum
Writers Raymond To

Cast

Leslie Cheung

as Roberto

Tony Leung Ka-fai

as Tam Kau Kwai

Teresa Mo

as Tam Kau An

Anita Yuen

as Ho Sau Kit

Raymond Wong

as Tam Kau Fu

Fung Bo-bo

as Mrs Tam Yuet Yung

Carol Cheng

as Miss Ho

Lau Ching-wan

as Hou Chung

Kwan Tak-Hing

as Grandpa Tam

Lee Heung-Kam

as Mama Tam

William Chu Wai-Lim

as Tam Kau Kei

Walter Tso Tat-Wah

as Tam Dai Foon

James Wong

as George

Chow Chi-Fai

as Judge

Jameson Lam Wa-Fan

as Patron at Japanese restaurant

Jian Rui-Chao

as Chung's father

Hui Fan

as Chung's mother

Poon An-Ying

as Yuet Yung's maid

Wong Wa-Wo

as Yuet Yung's neighbor

Chow Kong

as Rascal on jetty

Clifton Ko Chi-Sum

as Minibus passenger

Hui Sze-Man

as Tam's family relative