No.7 Cherry Lane

No.7 Cherry Lane
Film poster
Traditional Chinese	繼園臺七號
Simplified Chinese	继园台七号
Hanyu Pinyin	jìyuántái qīhào
Directed by	Yonfan
Written by	Yonfan
Produced by	Monica Chao
Starring	Sylvia Chang Zhao Wei Alex Lam Kelly Yao Teresa Cheung Jiang Wenli Natalia Duplessis Daniel Wu Stephen Fung Tian Zhuangzhuang Ann Hui Fruit Chan Rebecca Pan
Edited by	Wang Haixia
Music by	Yu Yat-yiu Yonfan Chapavich Temnitikul Phasura Chanvititkul
Distributed by	Far Sun Film Co. Ltd.
Release date	2 September 2019 (2019-09-02) (Venice)[1]
Running time	125 minutes
Countries	Hong Kong China[2][3]
Languages	Mandarin Cantonese Shanghainese

No.7 Cherry Lane (Chinese: 繼園臺七號; pinyin: jìyuántái qīhào) is a 2019 Hong Kong-Chinese adult animated film directed by Yonfan, with animation by Zhang Gang.[4][2] It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 76th Venice International Film Festival.[5][6] It was also selected for the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival as a Special Presentation.[7] At the Venice Film Festival, the film won the Best Screenplay Award.[8]

Plot

During the rise of the materialistic comfort of life in the 1960s, there emerges an undercurrent of danger in Hong Kong.

No.7 Cherry Lane tells the tale of Ziming, a Hong Kong University undergraduate, entangled between his amorous feelings for a self-exiled mother Mrs Yu from Taiwan in the White Terror period, and her beautiful daughter Meiling. He takes them to different movies and through a series of magical moments on the big screen, forbidden passions are revealed. And the era coincides with Hong Kong's turbulent times of 1967.

Cast

Character	Chinese Voice actor	English voice actor
Mrs. Yu	Sylvia Chang
Meiling	Zhao Wei
Ziming	Alex Lam
Mrs. May	Kelly Yao
Madame Simone	Natalia Duplessis
Miaoyu the Nun	Teresa Cheung
The Woman in Yellow	Jiang Wenli
Baron Louis	Daniel Wu
Steven	Stephen Fung
Ah Kwok	Tian Zhuangzhuang
The Pickpocket	Ann Hui
The Craven Cat	Fruit Chan
Mrs. Lin	Rebecca Pan

References

1. "No.7 Cherry Lane". labiennale. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
2. "'No. 7 Cherry Lane': Venice Review". Screen International. The animation, created under the aegis of Zhang Gang
3. "Venice Film Review: 'No. 7 Cherry Lane'". Variety.com.
4. "'No. 7 Cherry Lane' ('Ji yuan tai qi hao'): Film Review". Hollywoodreporter.com. Animation master: Zhang Gang
5. Vivarelli, Nick (25 July 2019). "Joker, Ad Astra, The Laundromat, Marriage Story to Compete in Venice". Variety. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
6. "Venezia 76 Competition". labiennale.org. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
7. "TIFF 44 Special Presentations". tiff.net. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
8. Anderson, Ariston. "Venice: Todd Phillips' 'Joker' Wins Golden Lion, Roman Polanski Wins Silver Lion". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

External links

• Official Website
• No.7 Cherry Lane at IMDb