Characters & Themes
It’s a Wonderful Life (1994) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1994 · 94 mins · Cantonese
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- Starring
- Jimmy Wong, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Leslie Cheung, Teresa Mo, Anita Yuen Wing-Yee, Petrina Fung Bo-Bo
Set between Christmas and Chinese New Year’s Eve in 1994, the film follows thirteen wealthy Hong Kong families as their personal conflicts unfold and resolve. Teresa Mo returns from France, accompanied by friend Leslie Cheung; Tony Leung Kar‑Fai plays an anxious cartoonist who falls for Anita Yuen; Carol “Do Do” Cheng is the disciplined sister; Raymond Wong is the eldest son who can’t handle alcohol; Petrina Fung Bo Bo portrays his estranged wife; Sean Lau is a marriage‑focused cousin; and Kwan Tak Hing appears as an eccentric yet sharp‑witted grandfather.
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