“Christmas Rose” marks the directorial debut of Hong Kong actress Charlie Yeung, who started off her career with roles in Wong Kar Wai’s “Ashes of Time” and “Fallen Angels”, and who recently featured in the thriller “Cold War”. For the highly charged courtroom drama, Yeung enlisted Hk industry lynchpins Tsui Hark and Jacob Cheung as producers, along with an A-list cast including Aaron Kwok (who she worked with previously on the superb “After this our Exile”), Guey Lun Mei (“Flying Swords of Dragon Gate”), Chang Chen (“The Grandmaster”), Xia Yu (“Wind Blast”) and Qin Hailu (“Say Yes!”). Apparently years in preparation, the film sees Yeung tackling controversial material, focusing on a case in which a doctor is said to have molested a disabled patient. The patient in question is Jing (Guey Lun Mei), a wheelchair-bound young woman who works as a piano teacher, tutoring the daughter of rich doctor...
- 8/9/2013
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
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