This is a movie about two people (Gigi Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro), who are destined to be together but by some twist of circumstances they never find each other.This is a movie about two people (Gigi Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro), who are destined to be together but by some twist of circumstances they never find each other.This is a movie about two people (Gigi Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro), who are destined to be together but by some twist of circumstances they never find each other.
- Awards
- 1 win & 11 nominations total
- June
- (as Béatrice Hsu)
- George
- (as Hui Shiu Hung)
- Restaurant Manager
- (as Lam Suet)
- Music Producer
- (as Tse Loh Sze)
- Landlord
- (as Wang Te Chih)
- Landlady
- (as Ku Wang Su-chin)
- Dr. Hu
- (Cantonese version)
- (voice)
- (as Chan Suk Yee)
- Ruby
- (Cantonese version)
- (voice)
- (as Angela Tong)
The story revolves around dashing John Liu (Takeshi Kaneshiro), an inspiring violinist and Eve Choi (Gigi Leung), a professional translator. Like millions living in a large city, John and Eve lead lives of solitude. Despite staying in the same apartment building, their paths never cross. One day, while walking around a fountain in the park, they finally bump into each other... and it's love at first sight! Unfortunately, a sudden shower cuts the encounter short. They manage to exchange telephone numbers but the rain renders the phone numbers illegible.
Inseparable partners, directors Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai who have worked together on many projects like Running On Karma, Love On a Diet, Love for All Seasons & etc, manage to recreate the magic of Jimmy Liao's story on the big screen. Even the lovely soundtrack with three songs by Gigi Leung blends well in a 'supporting' role. The pacing of the movie is just right. The audience will be in constant anticipation of the couple's next meeting, as meddling acquaintances, a former schoolmate (Edmund Chen), a food delivery girl (Terri Kwan) and pure bad luck, conspire to keep the would-be-lovers apart.
Meanwhile the leads, Takeshi and Gigi, share good on-screen chemistry together, albeit briefly. Of course the two had previously appeared together in the 1999 romantic hit film, Tempting Heart.
Turn Left Turn Right is a charming movie worth watching at least twice.
- esteepswong
- Dec 17, 2003
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDebut of actress Wei-Lun Hsu.
- Quotes
John Liu: If two people meet and they both fall in love, that's destiny for sure.If neither loves the other, even if they meet millions of times, it's still not destiny.If one's in love and the other isn't, and the one who's in love grabs on and won't let go while the other just wants to run away, not only is it not destiny... It's pain.
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- Also known as
- Turn Left, Turn Right
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- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $2,083,193
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1