I Have a Date with Spring
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| I Have A Date With Spring | |
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| Directed by | Clifton Ko |
| Written by | Raymond To |
| Starring | Alice Lau Koon-Lan Law Anita Lee Louisa So |
| Distributed by | Universe Video |
| Release date(s) | 1994 |
| Language | Mainly in Cantonese, some songs were sung in Mandarin and English |
| IMDb profile | |
I Have A Date With Spring (Chinese: 我和春天有個約會) is a movie released in 1994 in Hong Kong.
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[edit] Cast
- Radium Cheung - Pianist
- Fung Bo-Bo - Concert Mistress of Ceremonies
- Fung Wai-Hung - Eagle
- Alice Lau (劉雅麗) - Butterfly Yiu
- Law Koon-Lan - Lulu Gold
- Anita Lee - Bar Girl
- Teresa Mo - Woman at Concert Hall
- So Yuk-Wah - Nancy
- Tse Kwan-Ho -
- Wong Bak-Ming - Maitre d'
- James Wong - Triad
- David Wu - Karl Sum
- Yip Wing-Cho - Po
[edit] Characters List
- Butterfly Yiu (姚小蝶)- One of the "Four Crazy Kings" (四大顛皇) at the Flower Palace Nightclub (麗花皇宮夜總會). She was initally among the lesser known singers of the nightclub, but through a series of events, she started her road to stardom.
- Lulu Kim (金露露)- The second one of the "Four Crazy Kings" at the nightclub. She is the most unassuming of the four "kings", and eventually had a movie career and married the son of one of the Flower Palace Nightclub's sirectors.
- Nancy (蓮茜)- The most flambouyant of the Four Crazy Kings. Nancy is known for her fiery tempers, which gets her into very heated (almost physical) arguments with her rivals.
- Fung Ping (鳳萍)- The tragic one in the "Four Crazy Kings". She is unlucky in love, and falls in love with a gamble-addict brass band member.
- Pak Long (白浪)- The most famous singer at the nightclub at the time. He is known for a rather diva-ish demeanors. It is hinted that Pak Long is homosexual, but that is not revealed in the movie (for that same reason, there are suggestions that this character is a parody of the late Cantopop singer Roman Tam, who is often rumoured to be homosexual). Pak Long eventually declined in popularity.
- Yuen Pik (婉碧)- She is the diva of the nightclub, and was the most popular femalr singer at the time. She is also known for her fake butt and breast implants, which was a part of a running gag. She was eventually outshone by Butterfly.
- Karl Sum (沈家豪)- The main band member in the Flower Palace brass band. He is the love interest of Butterfly. Their relationship is rocky, and Karl eventually cannot bear the pains of living under the much more popular Butterfly.
[edit] Synopsis
Most of the film takes place in a continuing flashback of one fateful night in 1967, where the lives of the four main characters would change forever. The flashback takes place at one night, during the 1967 leftist riots. During that night, Butterfly Yiu got an accidental chance to perform at the final show when the original performer, Pak Long, was stranded at another venue. This started a chain of events that will change the four character's lives forever.
The beginning and the end of the movie takes place in modern times, and Butterfly returns from retirement in Canada to perform in a final charity show at the Flower Palace Nightclub before it is demolished.
[edit] Ending Of Four Main Characters
Out of the four main characters, Only Butterfly became very famous, and had a long career as a singer and actress. She had financial security, but lost out on romance, as her love interest, Karl Sum, cannot bear the pressure and relative shame of living with someone who is much more popular. Karl left for New York to start a new career, only to be reunited with Butterfly at the end of the movie.
Lulu Kim also became popular as a singer and actress, but not on the same level as Butterfly. Lulu eventually was married to Luk Tat Sun, the son of one of the directors of the Flower Palace Nightclub. He originally sought to marry Butterfly, but she waited out for Karl, and refused his advances.
Fung Ping continues her unlucky streak in romance. She followed Tony, her gambling-addict boyfriend, to Vietnam with a show tour team. She arrived in Vietnam at the height of the Vietnam War, and was presumably killed during a bombing raid by US Forces. She gave birth to a son while in Vietnam, despite earlier promises of an abortion, and Karl Sum adopted the son and took him to the US. He was united with Butterfly at the end of the movie.
Nancy eventually sought another job at a nightclub as a lounge singer. She remained obscure, and became depressed and an alcoholic. She eventually lost her voice due to alcohol and died of Cirrhosis. Butterfly only knew of this right before her charity show.
[edit] Memorable Quotes
"I guessed correctly. Fung Ping died first, then Nancy" -Butterfly, after she learned of Nancy's death.
"We're the only two left! This is why I wanted you to come back. I wanted to see you!" -Lulu, after she revealed that Nancy had died.
"The love I have between our four sisters, I will keep it deep in my heart. For Fung Ping, for Nancy, I will do my best to complete this show." -Butterfly, after she and Lulu both said they wanted the old times to come back.
