''Cocktail'' is a
2006 Hong Kong film produced and directed by
Herman Yau
Herman Yau Lai-to (; born 13 July 1961) is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter and cinematographer.
Filmography
* 1987: ''Tragic Hero'' – Co-Cinematographer
* 1987: '' No Regret'' – Director
* 1988: '' The Truth'' – Cinematographer ...
and Long Ching. The film stars
Candy Lo
Candy Lo is a Canto- rock singer-songwriter and film actress from Hong Kong. Formerly the lead vocalist of the band Black and Blue, Lo launched her solo career in 1998 and is best known for the singles, "Trash" () and "Please Break Up" ().
C ...
,
Endy Chow, and
Race Wong
Race Wong is a Singaporean actress, singer and businesswoman. She was one of the former Hong Kong cantopop duo singer group 2R alongside her elder sister Rosanne Wong.
Professional background
Born in Malaysia, raised in Singapore, she pursue ...
.
Plot
Candy, a pensive character, owns the fashionable Hong Kong bar Half Mortal. After she gives a bartender job to Paul, her part-time employee Stella, a psychology student, teaches him. Paul is skilled in being able to mix drinks that are suitable for what his customers are feeling. Paul is from a complicated background. He grieves as just a while ago, his alcoholic father had died. Paul has stopped going to school. A novice with dating women, he has fallen in love with Stella but is incoherent when talking to her. He ponders whether drinking will bring him happiness or in Stella's view just transforms how they will behave.
Cast
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Candy Lo
Candy Lo is a Canto- rock singer-songwriter and film actress from Hong Kong. Formerly the lead vocalist of the band Black and Blue, Lo launched her solo career in 1998 and is best known for the singles, "Trash" () and "Please Break Up" ().
C ...
as Candy
*
Endy Chow as Paul
*
Race Wong
Race Wong is a Singaporean actress, singer and businesswoman. She was one of the former Hong Kong cantopop duo singer group 2R alongside her elder sister Rosanne Wong.
Professional background
Born in Malaysia, raised in Singapore, she pursue ...
as Stella
*
Bobo Chan as Macy
*
Lawrence Cheng
Lawrence Cheng Tan-shui (born 28 December 1954) is a Hong Kong film actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and master of ceremonies. He was a Hong Kong DJ and radio channel executive.
Cheng became famous after he created the radio drama s ...
as Yip Chi-feng
*
Chiu Suet-Fei as Yuki (credited as
Suet-fei)
*
Eric Kot as Tong
*
Amanda Lee
*
Johnson Lee as John
*
Anson Leung as Yat (credited as
Chun-yat Leung)
*
Peng Wai-On (credited as
Eddie Peng
Eddie Peng Yu-Yan (; born 24 March 1982) is a Taiwanese actor, singer and model.
Personal life
Peng was born in Penghu, Taiwan. He moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at the age of thirteen. In 2000, he graduated from Sir Winston Chur ...
)
*
Ellis Tang as Hong (credited as
Siu-yan Tang)
*
Patrick Tang
*
Kwok Cheung Tsang as Kuen
*
Monie Tung as Fei
*
Otto Wang as guest
Analysis
According to a
Hong Kong Film Critics Society review, the film's message whether made deliberately or not is "the drunken world is good, but the sober real world is not necessarily bad".
The ''
South China Morning Post'' called the film "a mild melodrama about the romances of urban twentysomethings" and a "dramatic comed
aimed at teens".
Reception
In a
Hong Kong Film Critics Society review, the film critic wrote, "As for ''Cocktail'', although the content is relatively cliché and some scenes are a bit sensational, regarding the part of it dealing with the relationship between father and son, I personally think it is better than ''
After This Our Exile''."
References
External links
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Cocktail' at
Hong Kong Cinemagic
Hong Kong Cinemagic, sometimes referred to as HKCinemagic, is a bilingual (French and English) website providing a repository for information about Chinese language films from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan, and the people who created them. The webs ...
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2006 films
Hong Kong films
2000s Cantonese-language films
2000s romance films
Films directed by Herman Yau