''Driving Miss Wealthy'' ( zh, 絕世好賓; Literal title: ''The World's Best Filipino'') is a 2004 Hong Kong

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film directed by James Yuen and reunites ''

La Brassiere ''La Brassiere'' ( zh, t= 絕世好Bra, s= 绝世好Bra) is a 2001 Hong Kong romantic comedy film starring Lau Ching-wan, Louis Koo, Carina Lau and Gigi Leung. The film was followed by a sequel, titled '' Mighty Baby'', which was released in 2 ...

Lau Ching-wan Sean Lau Ching-wan (born 16 February 1964) is a Hong Kong actor who has acted in both films and television series. He is best known for starring in the films '' C'est la vie, mon chéri'' (1993), '' My Name Is Fame'' (2006), '' Mad Detective'' ( ...

and

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.Driving Miss Wealthy at HKMDB
/ref> In the film, Lau poses a chauffeur hired to look after the spoiled rich woman played by Leung.

Plot

Jennifer Fung (

) is a spoiled-rotten daughter of a millionaire. When Jennifer's father realizes that she's spending way too much money, he hires Kit (

Sean Lau Sean Lau Ching-wan (born 16 February 1964) is a Hong Kong actor who has acted in both films and television series. He is best known for starring in the films '' C'est la vie, mon chéri'' (1993), '' My Name Is Fame'' (2006), '' Mad Detective'' ( ...

) to pretend to be a Filipino chauffeur named Mario and chaperone her. Then, Jennifer's father decides that he's going to teach her the value of money and hard-work, so he pretends to be ill, leaving all the money to Pamela, his business partner. Pamela kicks Jennifer out into the street to live with Kit/Mario. The two learn to live together and work hard to get back on top.

Cast

as Kit / Mario *

as Jennifer Fung *

Benz Hui Benz Hui Shiu-hung (born 4 November 1948) is a Hong Kong film and TV actor. Hui is credited with over 165 films. Hui is a currently a TV actor with TVB. Early life and family Hui comes from an influential family in Canton. His great-grandfathe ...

as Police officer *

Tats Lau Tats Lau Yee-Tat (; born 23 February 1963) is a Hong Kong musician, songwriter and actor. Music career During the 1980s, Tats Lau was active in Hong Kong's independent music scene. He established several underground bands including DLLM and OE ...

as Dr. Andy Lau * May Law as Ybonne * Sophie Wong as Debbie *

Jim Chim Jim Chim Sui-man (; born 6 May 1965) is a Hong Kong–based stage actor and comedian. Biography Jim Chim, Associate Artistic Director of Theatre Ensemble, co-founded the company with Olivia Yan in 1993. Since then, he has been performing and d ...

as Peter / Aunt Mary / Uncle Big / policeman / faker * Chow Chung as Tycoon Fung Kwok-lap * Jamie Luk as Soldier applying for bodyguard job * William Tuen as G$ applying for bodyguard job * Gao Yuan as Pamela * Henry Fong as Director of TV commercialJohnny Lu as Samson * Poon An-ying as Harassed woman at identity parade *

Johnny Lu Johnny Lu (, born May 8, 1977) is a Taiwanese-American actor. Life and career Lu was born in Taipei City, Taiwan. His father, , was one of the founding members of the Bamboo Union triad in Taiwan. Lu's parents divorced, and then at the age ...

as Samson * Leung Wai-yan as Jennifer's freeloading friend * JoJo Shum as Jennifer's freeloading friend * Poon Koon-lam * Albert Mak as TV commercial crew

References

External links

IMDb entry

Driving Miss Wealthy at hkmdb.com
2004 films 2004 romantic comedy films Hong Kong romantic comedy films 2000s Cantonese-language films China Star Entertainment Group films Films set in Hong Kong Films shot in Hong Kong Films with screenplays by James Yuen Films directed by James Yuen 2000s Hong Kong films Films scored by Raymond Wong {{2000s-HongKong-film-stub