Anna Magdalena

Anna Magdalena (Chinese: 安娜瑪德蓮娜) is a 1998 Hong Kong romantic fantasy comedy film starring Aaron Kwok, Kelly Chen and Takeshi Kaneshiro. It was the directorial debut of production designer Yee Chung-Man.

This article is about a Hong Kong film. For the noblewoman, see Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler. For the given name, see Anna Magdalena (given name).

Anna Magdalena
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Directed byYee Chung-Man
Produced byClaudie Chung
Written byIvy Ho
StarringAaron Kwok
Kelly Chen
Takeshi Kaneshiro
Music byChiu Tsang-hei[1][2]
CinematographyPeter Pau
Edited byMaurice Lee[1]
Production
company
Golden Harvest[3]
United Filmmakers Organization (UFO)[3]
Distributed byGolden Harvest
Release date
April 4, 1998 (1998-04-04)
Running time
98 minutes[4]
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$7,805,160

Title

The title refers to the keyboard piece Minuet in G Major believed to have been written by Johann Sebastian Bach's colleague, Christian Petzold, from the 1725 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach.[1] Anna Magdalena was Bach's second wife. The music attracts the attention of Chan Kar-fu and Yau Muk-yan as Mok Man-yee plays it on her piano. The film score uses this theme repeatedly.

Synopsis

The film structure loosely follows that of the minuet: four "movements", which are announced by titles: two themes, a duet, and a set of variations.[1] 1- Chan Kar-fu's (Takeshi Kaneshiro) introduction 2- Yau Muk-yan's (Aaron Kwok) effect on his life 3- Mok Man-Yee's (Kelly Chen) effect on their lives 4- Chan Kar-fu's literary vision of love.[5] This fourth "movement" (Variations) is a wild fantasy on the previous material, based on the novel written by Kaneshiro's character: The XO Pair.[2]

Unemployed aspiring writer Yau Muk-yan (Aaron Kwok) moves into the apartment of Chan Kar-fu (Takeshi Kaneshiro), a shy piano tuner. Both will soon fall in love with their new neighbor Mok Man-Yee (Kelly Chen).

Cast includes

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Filming locations

Reception

The film grossed HK$7.8 million in Hong Kong.[4]

Awards and nominations
  • 18th Hong Kong Film Awards:[2]
    • Nominated - Best Cinematography (Peter Pau)
    • Nominated - Best Art Direction (Poon Chi-wai)
    • Nominated - Best Costume Design (Ng Lei-lo)
    • Nominated - Best Original Score (Chiu Tsang-hei)
  • 1999 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
    • Won: Film of Merit
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See also

References
  1. chinesecinemas.org
  2. lovehkfilm
  3. Allmovie
  4. hkcinemagic
  5. dragonsdenuk Archived 26 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Anna Magdalena at HKMDB
  7. Anna Magdalena at chinesemov.com
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