Lavender

Lavender

Year: 2000

Runtime: 111 mins

Language: Cantonese

Director: Riley Yip Kam-Hung

Romance

A young woman’s life is changed when an angel with a broken wing lands on her balcony.

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Timeline & Setting – Lavender (2000)

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Time period

Location

Athena's apartment, Hong Kong, Lavender field in Europe, Holy Door location

Most events unfold in Athena's Hong Kong apartment where she runs an aroma therapy shop. A symbolic lavender field in Europe accompanies the journey to the Holy Door as Angel seeks to return to heaven. The narrative travels between the city, a European lavender landscape, and the climactic Holy Door, anchoring the story in memory, scent, and farewell.

🏙️ Hong Kong 🌿 Lavender fields 🗺️ Europe 💖 Romance

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Main Characters – Lavender (2000)

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Athena Chen (Kelly Chen)

A loneliness-stricken aroma therapist who owns a scent shop. She is grieving her deceased boyfriend Andrew and initially keeps a reserved, practical outlook, but she slowly opens her heart to Angel's otherworldly presence as he aids her in healing and moving forward.

💖 Lonely 🕯️ Grief 🏙️ Protagonist

Angel (Takeshi Kaneshiro)

An injured angel who crashes onto Athena's balcony and can only return to heaven once the Holy Door opens and he gathers love. He survives on emotional energy and gifts to the humans he helps, developing a caring bond with Athena and Chow Chow and even forming a goofy attachment to shoes.

🕊️ Angelic 💖 Love 👟 Shoes

Chow Chow (Eason Chan Yik-Shun)

Athena's nosy, sociable neighbor who becomes smitten with Angel. He drags Angel into nightlife and helps bridge Athena with her lingering grief, all while his own memories of Andrew surface through friendship with the two.

🌈 Neighbor 🤝 Friendship 🐶 Dog

Andrew (deceased)

Athena's former partner and a former SDU officer who died of heat stroke during training. His memory drives Athena's longing and provides the emotional anchor for her journey toward healing and closure.

💔 Grief 🕯️ Memory

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Major Themes – Lavender (2000)

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💖 Love

Love acts as a healing force that helps Athena grieve and gradually open up to Angel. The bond between Athena and Angel deepens from dependence to mutual care, suggesting that affection can bridge loss and loneliness.

🕊️ Closure

The trip toward the Holy Door and the lavender bouquet ritual frame Athena's path to closure with Andrew. Angel's departure is loaded with bittersweet emotion, signaling a new phase while preserving memory. The ending scene hints that memory and presence can persist in new forms.

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