[2024.04.21] SANDRA NG WORRIES FOR HER DAUGHTER'S LOVE LIFE

Sandra Ng shares her views on love at the after screening forum with the audience

Sandra Ng reveals that she constantly asks her daughter Jillian if she likes anyone

MC Cheung plays a swindler in the film, which receives mainland audience raves

Many viewers ask Sandra Ng for photos
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Wu Kang-Jen's performance in the film is eye catching, but the film screening is cancelled due to its subject matter  
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The Sandra Ng Kwan Yu starred film LOVE LIES (NGOR TAM DIK NA CHEUNG LUEN OI) after the Hong Kong International Film Festival last month was invited to take part in the 14th Beijing International Film Festival's Making Waves segment and make its mainland premiere. It would also be the first time the film would be seen by viewers outside Hong Kong. Ng Kwan Yu and producers Chan Hing Ka, Janet Chun Siu Chun and director Ho Miu Ki participated in the opening ceremony red carpet walk, and attended the two screenings at the Beijing Film Academy and the Capital Cinema. The film received raves from the audience, which deeply related to Kwan Yu and MC Cheung Tin Fu's internet scam romance in the film. At the post screening forum Kwan Yu even shared her romantic view and discussed her concern for her daughter Jillian's love life.

In the film MC was a part of an internet scam organization and pretended to be a foreign petroleum engineer. On a dating app he swindled the Kwan Yu played middle aged divorcee. Some young viewers after watching the film praised how realistic the story was and asked Kwan Yu when in love whether they should show their real side completely to the other half. Kwan Yu said that young people look at love with too much complexity and even cited her daughter as an example. "I feel young people now really seem to have a lot of pressure in everything. The most important part in this film is that the protagonist fell in love without seeing the other person, but you really have to have dated. You have to have your own ideas, feeling that you are able to in order to keep the relationship going. So I am very worried that my daughter wouldn't be able to find an other half. I keep asking her whether she liked another. Each time I ask she would shrug her shoulders and say no. I feel people need love, very much so. Most recently I have learned something, don't dig to the bottom, don't think too much. If you like the girl next door, you tell her: you are very pretty. If it's me when I heard that I would be happy for a very long time."

Due to the limited film budget, Kwan Yu used her personal clothes and bags to play a gynecologist with fashion sense. Kwan Yu said that she was not into brands, only she would occasionally buy one. Sometimes she bought it just for her collection. She never expected that they would have their use in a movie. Kwan Yu was willing to use her personal collection actually because she appreciated the film's art and costume designs that very clearly put each character's state of mind on display.

As for why choose MC to play the internet scammer, the director explained that Kwan Yu recommended MC to her. After she has seen his concert and street performance photos, she felt that MC was right for the role because he gave a silly and very dirty impression. Like the character he too looked like he had no idea what he was doing. In addition the character had a lot of dialogue, the director felt that MC with his beautiful voice was the only choice for the lead role.

After the film received love from the mainland audience, director Ho Miu Ki and producer Chan Hing Ka were able to relax. Ho Miu Ki said, "I am very happy. Because the first show was screened at the Beijing Film Academy, the students would all be future filmmakers. The teachers said that the students were able to laugh and applaud during the screening, which represented a great compliment because when they watched movies before they would be cooler." Chan Hin Ka said that he was worried that the mainland audience might not be able to relate to Hong Kong audience's humor or Hong Kong style romance in the film; but after the premiere he was able to relax because the audience was able to get them completely.

The film FLY ME TO THE MOON (DAN YUEN YUN CHEUNG GAU) has won countless awards. Taiwan actor Wu Kang-Jen with the film won the Hong Kong Film Critic Society Awards for Best Actor, while Yoyo Tse Wing Yan swept up the Golden Horse Award for Best New Actor and the Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer. The film recently was selected for the 14th Beijing International Film Festival for two screenings on the 20th and the 23rd, but last night many viewers who have purchased tickets suddenly received an official ticket refund notice that claimed the copy was damaged beyond repair and thus the shows have been cancelled. Some online speculated that the matter was related to Wu Kang-Jen's drug addiction in the film.