It's a Wonderful Life (1994)

Plot Summary

This 1994 Chinese New Year offering takes place over a period of time between one Christmas and Chinese New Year's eve. We are introduced to thirteen "Big Rich" people, learn of their particular dispositions and dilemmas, are witness to the former either getting changed or developed and see the latter (re)solved. Teresa Mo as the daughter just returned from studying in France; Leslie Cheung as the friend who came in tow; Tony Leung Kar Fai as the cartoonist son who can only speak normally when he is anxious; Anita Yuen as the woman who Tony Leung's character falls in love with; Carol "Do Do" Cheng as her flat-chested, disciplinary-cum-art teacher sister; Raymond Wong as the eldest son who cannot handle alcohol well; Petrina Fung Bo Bo as his estranged wife; Sean Lau as the marriage-minded cousin; and Kwan Tak Hing as the eccentric-but-definitely-not-senile grandfather.

Full Cast & Characters

Leslie Cheung

Roberto

Tony Leung Ka-fai

Tam Kau Kwai

Teresa Mo Shun-Kwan

Tam Kau An

Anita Yuen Wing-Yee

Ho Sau Kit

Raymond Wong Pak-Ming

Tam Kau Fu

Petrina Fung Bo-Bo

Mrs Tam Yuet Yung

Carol Cheng

Miss Ho

Sean Lau Ching-Wan

Hou Chung

Kwan Tak-Hing

Grandpa Tam

Lee Heung-Kam

Mama Tam

William Chu Wai-Lim

Tam Kau Kei

Walter Tso Tat-Wah

Tam Dai Foon

Director & Crew

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