''Summer Holiday'' (夏日的麼麼茶) is a 2000 Hong Kong

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...

film directed by

Jingle Ma Jingle Ma Cho Shing (; born 1957) is a Hong Kong–based writer and director, best known for his action films such as ''Tokyo Raiders ''Tokyo Raiders'' is a 2000 Hong Kong action film set in Hong Kong and Tokyo, directed by Jingle Ma and s ...

and starring

Richie Jen Richie Jen Hsien-chi (, born 23 June 1966), also known as Richie Ren, is a Taiwanese singer and actor. He graduated from the Chinese Culture University's physical education department. Jen debuted in December 1990 with the studio album ''Ask ...

and

Sammi Cheng Sammi Cheng Sau-man (; born 19 August 1972) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. She is considered one of the most prominent female singers in Hong Kong, with album sales of over 25 million copies throughout the Asia-pacific. Most notably in the 199 ...

. The film earned HK$21,336,647 at the Hong Kong box office, becoming the second highest-grossing local film after '' Needing You...'' in Hong Kong of 2000. It was nominated in four categories at the

20th Hong Kong Film Awards Ceremony for the 20th Hong Kong Film Awards was held on 29 April 2001 in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and hosted by Eric Tsang, Carol Cheng, Gigi Leung and Eric Ng. Eighteen winners in eighteen categories were unveiled. The year's biggest winner ...

, including Best cinematography for Chan Kwok-Hung, Best Art Direction for Silver Cheung, Best Original film Score for Peter Kam and Best Original Film Song for Jen,

Ah Niu Tan Kheng Seong (), better known by his stage namAh Niu or Ah Gu(), is a Malaysian Chinese singer in Malaysia and Singapore. In 1997, his popularity was restricted to mainly Malaysia and Singapore, until Richie Jen sung his song (Dui Mian De ...

and Michael Wong.

Plot

Cast

as Momocha *

as Summer Koo *

Vincent Kok Vincent Kok Tak-chiu (; born 15 August 1965) is a Hong Kong actor, scriptwriter and film director. Vincent's ancestral hometown is Shandong province. Kok is best known for his frequent collaborations with Stephen Chow, acting and co-writing w ...

as Summer's boss *Echo Chen as YoYo * Ah Niu (Tan Kheng Seong) as Hercules * Michael Wong as Zeneger *

Tay Ping Hui Tay Ping Hui (born 10 November 1970) is a Singaporean actor and director, known for starring in many Chinese-language television dramas in Singapore and mainland China. In 2014, Tay made his directorial debut with the basketball film '' Meeti ...

as George *Katherine Wang as Yau *Tam Fung-ling as Daisy *Chow Siu-yin as Secretary *Chan Pui-hing as Groom *Cheung Wai-kuen as Pastor *Chan Yi-yi as May *Mak Kwai-yuen as Roger *Wong Chi-hong as Mr. Chan *Yu Chung-yik as Tarzan *Yeung Ying-choi as Snake *Yip Cho-yau as Elephant *Ankee Leung as Tarzan's worker *Yamada Rena as Takagi *Seung Yik-san as Tommy *Wyman Yeung as Fake George *Siu Yee-ting as Tarzan's girlfriend *Jeffrey Wong as Policeman #1 *Wan Kin-fai as Policeman #2 *Tam Wai-ching as Receptionist *Chan Wing-chi as Polaris Investment's boss *Charlie Hau as Polaris Investment's executive *Ng Suk-sam as Summer's lawyer

Filming locations

The movie was shot primarily in

Redang island Redang Island (, Terengganu Malay: ''Pula Redang'') is an island in Kuala Nerus District, Terengganu, Malaysia. It is one of the largest islands off the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia and one of the most beautiful islands in the world. It is f ...

off the coast of the state of

Terengganu Terengganu (; Terengganu Malay: ''Tranung'', formerly spelled Trengganu or Tringganu) is a sultanate and States and federal territories of Malaysia, federal state of Malaysia. The state is also known by its Arabic honorific, ''Dāru l-Iman (c ...

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

External links

* 2000 films 2000 romantic comedy films Hong Kong romantic comedy films 2000s Cantonese-language films Films directed by Jingle Ma Golden Harvest films Films set in Malaysia Films shot in Malaysia Films set on beaches Films set on islands 2000s Hong Kong films Films scored by Peter Kam {{2000s-romantic-comedy-film-stub