July Rhapsody

July Rhapsody

103 mins | Drama, Romance | March 14, 2002

Lam Yiu Kwok, a Hong Kong secondary school teacher is facing a mid-life crisis. While he has only his pride and Chinese poetry to fall back on, his peers are successful businessmen and professionals who flaunt their extravagant lifestyles at reunion dinners. After many years, Lam is still living in a modest apartment with his wife, Man Ching and two teenage sons. However financial stagnancy is not his only problem. An old flame of Man Ching (who was the couple's former schoolteacher) returns to Hong Kong and uncovers old wounds. Man Ching feels obliged to help her ex-lover. Meanwhile, Yiu Kwok faces another dilemma: Choy Lam, a precocious student, has a crush on him and the 'forbidden fruit' looks more and more tempting in the light of his wife's 'infidelity'. Will he succumb to young charms and let history repeat itself?

July Rhapsody

103 mins | Drama, Romance | March 14, 2002

July Rhapsody
Lam Yiu Kwok, a Hong Kong secondary school teacher is facing a mid-life crisis. While he has only his pride and Chinese poetry to fall back on, his peers are successful businessmen and professionals who flaunt their extravagant lifestyles at reunion dinners. After many years, Lam is still living in a modest apartment with his wife, Man Ching and two teenage sons. However financial stagnancy is not his only problem. An old flame of Man Ching (who was the couple's former schoolteacher) returns to Hong Kong and uncovers old wounds. Man Ching feels obliged to help her ex-lover. Meanwhile, Yiu Kwok faces another dilemma: Choy Lam, a precocious student, has a crush on him and the 'forbidden fruit' looks more and more tempting in the light of his wife's 'infidelity'. Will he succumb to young charms and let history repeat itself?
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Filmko Pictures
Original title 男人四十
Directors Connie Ng Sau-wah, Tasman Chang Shiu-Ting, Ann Hui
Writers Ivy Ho

Cast

Jacky Cheung

as Lam Yiu-kwok

Anita Mui

as Chan Man-ching

Karena Lam

as Woo Choy-lam

Shaun Tam Chun-Yin

as Lam On-yin

Tou Chung-Hua

as Sheng Sai-nin

Eric Kot Man-Fai

as Wong Yui

Jin Hui Man-jun

as Lam Lui-yin

Leung Tin

as Principal Leung

Race Wong

as Mrs Mak

Koo Tin-Lung

as Kwok's alumnus

Wong Yat-Ping

as Kwok's alumnus

Jason Yip Wan-Keung

as Kwok's alumnus

Simon Li Kuo-Hua

as Kwok's alumnus

Raymond Yu Siu-lun

as Kwok's alumnus

James Cheng Cheun-hei

as Kwok's alumnus

Alan Wong Chung-ho

as Cho's son

Wong Yuet-lung

as Waiter

Chan Kui-fai

as P.E. teacher

Gary Lee Yiu-tong

as Teacher

Ng Ka-Leung

as Teacher

Law Wai-yee

as Teacher

Li Chui-yee

as Teacher

Fok Bor

as Teacher

Tony Lui Siu-Kwan

as Teacher

Chan Kin-shun

as Teacher

Nakata Yuki

as Japanese girl

Chow Au-Ming

as Old man

Chan Miu-Ling

as Philipino maid

Woo Goon-to

as Lam Yiu-kwok (student)

Cara Chu Chi-yin

as Chan Man-ching (student)

Lee Tung-yung

as Mainland female doctor

Cheung Lai-kwan

as Tramp in tunnel

Ricky Kwok Bun

as Lam On-yin (baby)

Courtney Wu

as Father