Your Place or Mine!

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Your Place or Mine!
Directed by
Written byJames Yuen
Produced byWong Jing
Starring
Edited byMarco Mak
Release date
1998
Running time
101 minutes[1]

Your Place or Mine! (Chinese: 每天愛你8小時) is a 1998 Hong Kong romantic sex-comedy film written and directed by and produced by Wong Jing.

Plot[]

Cheung is an advertising executive who has had many relationships, often with the talent that he employed. However, they all invariably leave him, the act referred to as "flying away". One day, he becomes captivated with Ah-yu, an unknown talent, at a photoshoot. After she signs with Cheung's agency, they begin seeing each other. Concurrently, Cheung begins to get closer to his stern new boss Vivian, whom he finds out is actually dating a married man. As Ah-yu's career takes off, Cheung agrees to sign her off to a different management agency so that she can expand her career in Japan. Cheung asks his father on whether he has been involved with two women at once, to which he replies that the secret is that "according to regulation football rules, you can not allow two footballs on the field at the same time." Later, Vivian ends her affair and almost hooks up with Cheung at his apartment. However, Ah-yu unexpectedly returns, confused about being sent to Japan, only to find Cheung and Vivian together. Both women leave as it cuts to his father giving him metaphorical red card. On the day of Ah-yu's departure, Cheung struggles to decide between both women. He decides to go to the airport and choose there only to be stopped by Vivian. She gives Cheung an ultimatum of marriage but Cheung declines the offer. At that moment, he realizes that having to do the "flying away" is just as heartbreaking as having to receive it. Cheung reunites with Ah-yu at the airport and offers to fly together with her to Japan.

In the epilogue, Cheung is back in Hong Kong as Ah-yu continues to become more popular in Japan. He receives a phone call in French as he insinuates to his father that he's actually a bigger fan of snooker.

Cast[]

  • Tony Leung Chiu-wai as Cheung Suk-Wai — an advertising agency executive who consistently falls in love with his clients but gets dumped once they become popular
  • Vivian Hsu as Ah yu — the cheery new model at the agency and Leung's new love interest
  • Ada Choi as Vivian — Wai's new strict boss whom everyone thinks is a lesbian
  • Alex Fong as Patrick — Wai's philandering co-worker and friend
  • Suki Kwan as Mei — Patrick's co-worker, longtime friend, and newfound love interest
  • Eileen Tung as Patrick's Shanghainese girlfriend
  • Spencer Lam as Wai's father

Production[]

The film was shot in 15 days.[2]

Release[]

Hong Kong received a blu-ray and DVD release by CN Entertainment on March 24, 2021.[3]

Reception[]

Derek Elley for Far East Film Festival likened the film's qualities to productions by the defunct production company United Filmmakers Organization. James Yuen had written several of Peter Chan's films about relationships for the company, such as He's a Woman, She's a Man (1994).[2]

Awards and nominations[]

Year Award Category Nominee Result Notes
1998 35th Golden Horse Awards Best Feature Film BoB and Partners Co. Ltd. Nominated [4]
Best Leading Actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai Nominated [4]
Best Supporting Actor Alex Fong Nominated [4]
Best Supporting Actress Suki Kwan Nominated [4]
Best Original Screenplay Nominated [4]
1999 Hong Kong Film Award Best Supporting Actor Alex Fong Nominated [5]

References[]

  1. ^ Howe, Desson (July 23, 1999). "Fast, Freer and Out of Control". Washington Post.
  2. ^ a b "Your Place Or Mine!". Far East Film Festival. 1999. Retrieved 2021-09-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Mills, Phil (March 23, 2021). "Blu-ray & DVD release: 'Your Place or Mine!'". Far East Films. Retrieved 2021-09-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ a b c d e "台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival". www.goldenhorse.org.tw. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  5. ^ "第18屆香港電影金像獎提名及得獎名單". 香港電影金像獎. Retrieved 2021-09-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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