Ab-normal Beauty
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| Ab-normal Beauty | |
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 The Hong Kong theatrical poster. |
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| Directed by | Oxide Pang |
| Produced by | The Pang Brothers |
| Written by | Oxide Pang Thomas Pang |
| Starring | Race Wong Rosanne Wong |
| Music by | Payont Permsith |
| Cinematography | Decha Srimantra |
| Editing by | Curran Pang |
| Distributed by | Tartan Films |
| Release date(s) | Hong Kong: November 4, 2004 United Kingdom: September 23, 2005 |
| Running time | 88 min. |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
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Ab-normal Beauty (死亡写真) (also Sei mong se jun) is a 2004 Hong Kong thriller film directed and co-written by Oxide Pang. It stars Race Wong and Rosanne Wong of the Cantopop group 2R.
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[edit] Plot
Jiney, an art student, takes a photograph of a dying victim at a car accident (see also Leave Me Alone), and becomes obsessed with death. Jiney is also stalked by a classmate, Anson. Her girlfriend, Jas, is concerned about Jiney's obsession, and helps Jiney face her troubled past, in which she was sexually abused by her cousin as a child. Jiney then receives a snuff tape, and finds herself stalked by a serial killer.
[edit] Cast
- Race Wong as Jiney
- Rosanne Wong as Jas
- Anson Leung as Anson
- Michelle Mee as Jiney's mother
- Cub Chin as Professor
- Ekin Cheng as Man in car crash
[edit] Production and release
Ab-normal Beauty was followed by a companion film, Leave Me Alone, directed by Danny Pang, which stems from the same fatal car crash. It stars Ekin Cheng in a dual role as the driver in the car crash and as the man's twin brother, and Charlene Choi.
Ab-normal Beauty has screened at several film festivals, including the Asian American International Film Festival in New York City, the Gérardmer Fantasticarts Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film, Titanic International Filmpresence Festival, München Fantasy Filmfest, Lund International Fantastic Film Festival and the Cinemanila Film Festival.
It was released on DVD by Tartan Films on December 26, 2005.
[edit] External links
- Ab-normal Beauty at the Internet Movie Database
- Ab-normal Beauty at Allmovie
- Ab-normal Beauty at Rotten Tomatoes
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