A West Lake Moment

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A West Lake Moment
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A West Lake Moment poster
Traditional鴛鴦蝴蝶
Simplified鸳鸯蝴蝶
LiterallyMandarin Ducks and Butterflies
Directed byYim Ho
Yang Zi
Written byYim Ho
StarringChen Kun
Zhou Xun
Distributed byAsia Video
Release date
  • 15 July 2005 (2005-07-15)
Running time
111 minutes
LanguageMandarin

A West Lake (Chinese: 鸳鸯蝴蝶; pinyin: Yuan Yang Hu Die) is a 2005 psychological romantic drama-comedy film directed by Hong Kong directors Yim Ho and Yang Zi, and starring Chen Kun, Zhou Xun and . Aloys Chen and Zhou Xun had also previously collaborated as lovers in Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress and Baober in Love.

Plot[]

Xiao Yu (Zhou), a barista and cake maker in a teahouse-café by Westlake in Hangzhou. Since a car crash long ago, she had been leading a peaceful life with her kind-hearted best friend and fellow car crash survivor Tong () who is unabashed in admitting that his feelings for Xiao Yu have developed into love.

One day A Qin (Chen) celebrates his birthday alone in her café. Xiao Yu's curiosity sparks off their dialogues and both discover they have many parallels. But A Qin is a player who is escaping to Hangzhou from the pressures of his relationships in Beijing and Xiao Yu is pursued by Tong ... What will be their choices?

Cast[]

  • Aloys Chen as Qin
  • Zhou Xun as Xiao Yu
  • as Tong
  • Yan Xiang
  • Zhang Yue

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