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What Women Want is a 2011 Chinese-Hong Kong romantic comedy film remake of the 2000 American film of the same name. The film stars Andy Lau and Gong Li. What Women Want was released in China on 3 February 2011, the first day of Chinese New Year.
What Women Want | |
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Traditional Chinese | 我知女人心 |
Simplified Chinese | 我知女人心 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Wǒ Zhī Nǚ Rén Xīn |
Jyutping | Ngo2 Zi1 Neoi5 Jan2 Sam1 |
Directed by | Chen Daming |
Screenplay by | Chen Daming |
Based on | What Women Want by
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Produced by | Chen Daming Don Yu |
Starring | Andy Lau Gong Li |
Cinematography | Max Wang |
Edited by | Nelson Quan |
Music by | Christoper O'Young |
Production companies | Beijing Bona Film and Cultural Communication Co., Ltd China Film Group Corporation DMG Entertainment Group Emperor Motion Pictures Bona Entertainment Company Limited Focus Film Limited |
Distributed by | Beijing Polybona Film Distribution Co. Ltd. (China) Emperor Motion Pictures Distribution Workshop (Hong Kong) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 115 minutes[1] |
Countries | China Hong Kong[1] |
Languages | Mandarin English |
Budget | US$5 million |
Box office | US$11.8 million[2] |
The plot is a very close remake of the American version with some minor changes. The plot takes place mostly in an advertising company in Beijing, in which Lau plays a slick ad agency creative director who gets acquainted with his new talented competition, played by Gong. He is helped when he gets the ability to hear women's thoughts due to a freak accident.
Cast
edit- Andy Lau as Sun Zigang
- Gong Li as Li Yilong
- Yuan Li as Yanni
- Banny Chen as Xiao Fei
- Hu Jing as Zhao Hung
- Zhu Zhu as Xiao Wu
- Li Chengru as CEO Dong
- Anya Wu as Dong's wife
- Osric Chau as Chen Erdong
- Wang Deshun as Sun Meisheng
- Chen Daming as Young Sun Meisheng
- Mavis Pan as Pan's secretary
- Russell Wong as Peter
- Kelly Hu as Girl in Lotto Commercial
- Ping Wong as Foo Ping Pong
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "What Women Want (我知女人心) - Film Business Asia".
- ^ "What Women Want". boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
External links
edit- What Women Want at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
- What Women Want at Hong Kong Cinemagic
- What Women Want at IMDb
- What Women Want at Rotten Tomatoes
- Justified Remake? Liu Dehua and Gong Li meet at last in 'Wo Zhi Nuren Xin' - 'What Women Want' at Thinking Chinese