Qiu yue Page #3

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


I've dried up

and so have my tears.

A wrinkled woman won't be

good enough for you.

I'm sorry.

I wasn't talking about you.

Look.

My dick's getting hard.

I want someone

to ask me something.

It's been such a long time

since anyone asked me any questions.

Like where I was born,

about my brothers and sisters,

what color I like,

what my star sign is,

when I reached my full height,

shoe size...

What my father did for a living,

how many teeth my grandparents have left...

When...

I first noticed girls' breasts...

Where I made love for the first time...

What was the happiest moment of my life,

and the most painful.

What is my greatest fear?

Death?

What makes it worth it

for me to live in this world

breathing every three seconds?

What is it?

What does that mean?

I don't even ask myself that any longer.

I don't

even remember

the answers.

- Why don't you come in?

- What?

- Come into the water.

- It's too cold.

- Come in.

- It's cold.

Come on in.

Come on in! Get wet!

Come on in!

Go faster!

Are these your belongings?

Yes.

Where are your ID cards?

In my room.

In the holiday flat over there.

Are you spending the night together?

We'll be studying.

Does your family know about this?

What's your favorite ice cream?

When I was six,

I came first in class.

My grandpa bought me

an ice cream for my effort.

It was absolutely delicious.

Now, what's your favorite film?

Walt Disney's Bambi.

I saw it 12 times.

When I first saw it, I was nine years old.

My father took me to see it.

When Bambi's mother was killed,

I... I cried.

I looked at my father who was next to me.

He was crying, too.

Which girl's breasts did you like the most?

Miyo's.

My sister's?

Yes.

They were like the peach flowers at home.

In winter,

the snow makes everything white.

Then the peaches bloom.

Pink flowers against white...

They were soft,

like white snow

covering the peach flowers.

Her breasts were like that. So beautiful.

How old was Miyo at that time?

Fourteen, perhaps.

That means she's 25 now.

What's she doing?

She's in Hawaii

with her husband and three children.

I see.

That's good.

In the year we broke up,

she almost killed herself, didn't she?

I think it was when she was 16.

Yes, I remember that.

To be honest,

I couldn't have cared less

if she lived or died.

I was cruel.

Her life is happy now.

What about you?

Well, I don't have lovely breasts like Miyo's.

You have kids, don't you?

A boy and a girl.

They've returned to Tokyo with their father.

Let's end the questioning.

Do you want me?

Does it hurt?

An old lady can't get hurt.

Why

don't you go back to Tokyo?

Why

are you here alone?

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