Passion Island
Sep 06 2012
•2h 33m
•Comedy, Drama, Romance
The comedy of the year. This wannabe magical romance-drama is one of the most illogical films ever and the actors, if not director Kam Kwok-Leung, may be aware of it. Featuring CGI tears and paintings of corn-eating monkeys. The highlight: Chang Chen pretending to be Korean.
Cast
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Simon Yam
Simon
Song Jia
Fan Li
Joan Chen
Joanna
Francis Ng Chun-Yu
Chu Yu
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