Anna Magdalena
| Anna Magdalena | |
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DVD cover
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| Directed by | Yee Chung-Man |
| Produced by | Claudie Chung |
| Written by | Ivy Ho |
| Starring |
Aaron Kwok Kelly Chen Takeshi Kaneshiro |
| Music by | Chiu Tsang-hei |
| Cinematography | Peter Pau |
| Edited by | Maurice Lee |
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Production
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Golden Harvest
United Filmmakers Organization (UFO) |
| Distributed by | Golden Harvest |
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Release date
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April 4, 1998 |
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Running time
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98 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Box office | HK$7,805,160 |
Anna Magdalena (Chinese: 安娜瑪德蓮娜) is a 1998 Hong Kong romantic fantasy comedy film starring Aaron Kwok, Kelly Chen and Takeshi Kaneshiro. It was the directorial debut of production designer Yee Chung-Man.
The title refers to the keyboard piece Minuet in G Major believed to have been written by Johann Sebastian Bach's colleague, Christian Petzold, from the 1725 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach.Anna Magdalena was Bach's second wife. The music attracts the attention of Chan Kar-fu and Yau Muk-yan as Mok Man-yee plays it on her piano. The film score uses this theme repeatedly.
The film structure loosely follows that of the minuet: four "movements", which are announced by titles: two themes, a duet, and a set of variations. 1- Chan Kar-fu's (Takeshi Kaneshiro) introduction 2- Yau Muk-yan's (Aaron Kwok) effect on his life 3- Mok Man-Yee's (Kelly Chen) effect on their lives 4- Chan Kar-fu's literary vision of love. This fourth "movement" (Variations) is a wild fantasy on the previous material, based on the novel written by Kaneshiro's character: The XO Pair.
Unemployed aspiring writer Yau Muk-yan (Aaron Kwok) moves into the apartment of Chan Kar-fu (Takeshi Kaneshiro), a shy piano tuner. Both will soon fall in love with their new neighbor Mok Man-Yee (Kelly Chen).
The film grossed HK$7.8 million in Hong Kong.
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