Qiu yue Page #2

Synopsis: Twentysomething Japanese tourist, Tokio, comes to Hong Kong looking for good cusine. He does all that the tourist is expected to do, but is disappointed with the food so far. By chance, he meets 15-year-old Pui Wai. She's been left behind with her eighty-year-old Granny, her parents too busy with their immigration problems in Canada. Differences in culture, language and age serve as no barrier, as Tokio finds a soulmate in Granny, Hong Kong cook extraordinate. He discovers the secret to Granny's cooking and learns that she's known all along that her family will not be taking her to Canada when they leave.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Clara Law
  1 win & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Year:
1992
108 min
58 Views


In the little park...

You're so stupid.

I wish you could speak Cantonese.

How can I say...

Damn it. How can I say it?

I wonder

if I'm ill.

I like to be sick.

When I have a fever, I can smell

Grandma's herbal brew.

Being groggy... It's a funny feeling.

You've got a fever.

I remember when I was in Year Two,

I had my appendix removed.

Still under anesthetic

and before I fully came to,

I felt as if I was floating on air.

I saw myself lying in bed,

with Grandma dozing by my side.

Come on, hurry. Let's go.

The secrets of Grandma's cooking

are more complicated

than the atomic bomb.

Now I know why it's so delicious.

These are her entire life.

These must be over 1000 years old.

I look awful. Stop recording.

Go away.

Are you all right?

You demon!

Silly girl.

Bloody idiot.

You demon!

Come here.

How complicated...

Hey, puss. Come here.

Your dinner's here.

Your dinner.

Eat it.

When I was a kid,

Grandpa would sit me on his lap

and teach me to write with the brush.

He would make me recite

poetry when I was four.

He had a lot of paintings.

But Grandma's room was

too small for them,

so we threw them out.

This is the only one we kept.

So, my granddaughter

is too busy to visit me.

Please tell Wai for me

that she needn't worry about me.

Whenever the Goddess

of Mercy summons me,

I will be happy to go.

What's important is that

she blesses my offspring

so that they will all live

long and prosperous lives.

Tell them to visit me

whenever they have the time

and not to worry about me.

My bank account is

$100 short

of $20,000.

That should be enough to buy a coffin.

Preferably one that is big and wide,

so I'll be more comfortable...

And can see my children

and grandchildren.

May all of them live

long and prosperous lives.

Tell them not to come back

if they're too busy.

I would like

to be buried in the Buddhist cemetery.

Make sure my plot is at the top of the hill.

The higher the ground

I'm buried in, the better.

With more space

and being more comfortable,

I'll be able to see all my offspring.

May all of them be blessed

with a safe, long and prosperous life.

Tell them not to come back

if they're too busy.

I would like to see all my offspring

live a safe,

prosperous and long life.

Then I'll rest in peace.

- What does it cost per night?

- $150.

- Let me pay half.

- Don't worry.

I'll go outside. You can get changed.

Sorry to have disturbed you at work.

No one wants to date an old lady like me.

I'm desperate.

I thought you didn't want to see me again.

Do my wrinkles look fresh to you?

If I have my skull cut open with a saw

and replace a fuse in my head,

I may be able to cry.

Perhaps because it's autumn.

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