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Chaos By Design
Chaos By Design

Chaos By Design

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Comedy

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Controversial director Angela Chan explores the "La Cage Aux Folles" demi-monde that thrives in today's Hong Kong, but which has never before been portrayed in a major movie. Alex To plays a handsome fashion designer trapped in a tangle of ambiguous relationships that becomes even more complex when he falls for a beautiful D.J. (Cecilia Yip) who, with the help of her best friend (Cherie Chung), is trying to get out of an arranged marriage. This film looks and sounds like a comedy, but has some serious comments about a veiled segment of Hong Kong.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Runtime

85 mins

Rating

6.3/10

Release Date

29 April 1988

Country

Hong Kong

Cast

Cherie Chung Cho-Hung

Cherie Chung Cho-Hung

Rockie

Cecilia Yip Tung

Cecilia Yip Tung

Jeanne Cha

Alex To

Alex To

Abel Song

Maggie Li Lin-Lin

Maggie Li Lin-Lin

Deborah

Chan Kit-Ling

Chan Kit-Ling

Jeanne's 3rd aunt

Lam Lap-San

Lam Lap-San

Derek Dai

Regina Kent

Regina Kent

Jamie

Stephen Ho

Stephen Ho

Koku

Thomas Wong Yiu-Fai

Thomas Wong Yiu-Fai

Dennis Chan Kwok-San

Dennis Chan Kwok-San

Dr Anthony Lau

Paul Chung Fat

Paul Chung Fat

Fake Mr X

Tam Tin-Nam

Tam Tin-Nam

Hunchback housekeeper

Chan Ga-Bik

Chan Ga-Bik

Jeanne's colleague

Ngai Tim-Choi

Ngai Tim-Choi

Man slashed by Mr X

Wong Kar-Wai

Wong Kar-Wai

Tong Gwok-Ming

Tong Gwok-Ming

Kwan Yik-Nam

Kwan Yik-Nam

Stephanie Lai Ming-Sze

Stephanie Lai Ming-Sze

Bobby Yap

Bobby Yap

Chan Pui-San

Chan Pui-San

Tse Chu-Hong

Tse Chu-Hong

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