''Basic Love'' ( is a 2009 Hong Kong romantic drama film directed by
Oxide Pang.
Plot
A romantic story symphonised with the song of a triangular relationship between Ling (
Elanne Kong
Elanne Kong (, born 30 September 1987) is a Hong Kong actress and singer. On 15 May 2020, she announced that she was changing her stage name from Elanne Kwong Yeuk-lam () to Elanne Kwong Yee-ching (). On 11 September 2021, she announced that she c ...
), June (
Janice Man) and Rex (Rex Ho). Ling got leukaemia since she was a child; she hides the true feeling and health condition from her best friends, Rex and June. June who moved from China to HK when she was little, assists her mother to make a living hardily resulting in a self-contained character. The two girls are completely different in personality, yet they're frank with each other. June feels for Rex. Meanwhile, June seems to overlook an admirer, Hee (Xu Zheng Xi). It's graduation time, they're standing in front of the crossroad to their future, and none of them takes a step closer to change their relationship, until the day when Ling is admitted to the hospital, the long compression of emotion is broken.
Cast
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Elanne Kong
Elanne Kong (, born 30 September 1987) is a Hong Kong actress and singer. On 15 May 2020, she announced that she was changing her stage name from Elanne Kwong Yeuk-lam () to Elanne Kwong Yee-ching (). On 11 September 2021, she announced that she c ...
as Ling
* Rex Ho as Rex
*
Janice Man as June
* Xu Zheng Xi as Jin Hee
* James Ho as James
* Brian Li as Brian
* Yumi Yin as Yumi
*
Cheng Pei-pei
Cheng Pei-pei (6 January 1946 – 17 July 2024) was a Hong Kong-American actress who was considered cinema's first female action hero. Popularly known as "Queen of Swords" and "Queen of Martial Arts Films", Cheng starred in numerous successful ...
as Ling's grandmother
* Sek Lan as Ling's mother
* Gary Chiu as Gary
*
Pakho Chau
Pakho Chau Pak-ho (; born 12 November 1984), is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, songwriter, and actor. He signed with Warner Music Group and officially entered the Hong Kong music industry in 2007. He left Warner Music in July 2017 and subsequentl ...
* Nelson Cheung as June's boss
See also
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Hong Kong films of 2009
External links
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*
Basic Love' at the
Hong Kong Movie Database
The Hong Kong Movie Database (HKMDB) is a bilingual ( English and Chinese) website started in 1995 by Ryan Law. It provides a repository for information about movies originating from Hong Kong and the people who created them.
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2009 films
2000s Cantonese-language films
2009 romantic drama films
Hong Kong romantic drama films
2000s Hong Kong films
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