Controversial director Angela Chan explores the "La Cage Aux Folles" demi-monde that thrives in today's Hong Kong, but which has never before been portrayed in a major movie. Alex To plays a handsome fashion designer trapped in a tangle of ambiguous relationships that becomes even more complex when he falls for a beautiful D.J. (Cecilia Yip) who, with the help of her best friend (Cherie Chung), is trying to get out of an arranged marriage. This film looks and sounds like a comedy, but has some serious comments about a veiled segment of Hong Kong.
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Cherie Chung Cho-Hung
Rockie
Cecilia Yip Tung
Jeanne Cha
Alex To
Abel Song
Maggie Lee
Deborah
Chan Kit-Ling
Jeanne's 3rd aunt
Lam Lap-San
Derek Dai
Regina Kent
Jamie
Stephen Ho Kai-Nam
Koku
Thomas Wong Yiu-Fai
Dennis Chan Kwok-San
Dr Anthony Lau
Paul Chung Fat
Fake Mr X
Tam Tin-Nam
Hunchback housekeeper
Chan Ga-Bik
Jeanne's colleague
Ngai Tim-Choi
Man slashed by Mr X
Wong Kar-Wai
