Barbara Wood - Das Haus der Harmonie

This two part TV movie is a cross cultural love story that spans two generations and two continents, and is anything but harmonious. Filmed entirely in Singapore, it features cherished Fann Wong and headstrong Maggie Q. Fate doesn't get better than this.

Singapore in 1927 is lusciously beautiful, but feudal. Mei Ling is resigned to an arranged marriage, until she rescues an American stranger who has been mugged into amnesia. She nurses him back to health and true love. Unfortunately, his memory and marriage send him home and pregnant Mei Ling is deserted to disgrace.

But no obstacles can defeat love and twenty years later their daughter, Harmony, sets out to find her father and discovers that she cannot escape love and fate.

The Making of extra on the DVD covers the challenges and achievements of this glossy Singapore-German co-production. For example, the film includes German, Singaporean and American actors and so, in order to get the best performances from each of them, the Director had each act in their own language. In the version I saw, the post-production had them all speaking Mandarin, but I understand that there is an all German version also available.

An impossible love story between an American business man and a Chinese woman from Singapore, two different cultures, united by love.

Is the Pacific Ocean wide enough? When a woman falls in love of a foreign man, Is there a reason for not to think about the consequences and go ahead following her heart's directions? When a man falls in love of a woman who lives thousand of miles away from his hometown, Is there a reason to give up everything for love? I watched this movie with my family and we loved it.

The story-line is superb, the plot and the script are beautiful, the cast is excellent, and it gives us a view of the great actors there are in Singapore, especially Fann Wong (starring).

Take a look at the wonderful character played by Maggie Q, who is an American actress. She's lovely.

After watching this movie I have to give it 10/10 for two main reasons: Unexpected ending and excellent script.

Jose, Spain

An elegant gentle tall very handsome white businessman from United States falls in love with a Singaporean belle who believes in fate. They share a common interest and discover the passion between each other. Beautiful Singapore.

Harmony, a beautiful bi-racial girl, is the fruit of that unlimited desire of a weird love.She goes to America in search of his father and she also finds great opportunities. The actors from Singapore play very credible characters, and maybe the locations of the movie aren't very good. It would have been great if they had gone to California to shot part of the movie.

Maggie Q was amazing, she is an underrated American actress and Fann Wong was at her best. The ending of the movie will not disappoint you. It needs a better soundtrack I think. All in all is a good story, interesting to watch if you have time and you will dream of falling in love with an American man.