Cupid Love
Appearance
Cupid Love | |
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Chinese | 七月俏佳人 |
Literal meaning | "Belle of the Seventh Month" |
Hanyu Pinyin | Qī yuè qiào jiā rén |
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Screenplay by | Tin Kam-leng |
Story by |
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Directed by | Sampson Yuen |
Starring | |
Music by | Deng Lianyu |
Opening theme | "Guan Huai Fang Shi" ("The Way of Caring") by Chua Lee Lian and Chen Hanwei |
Ending theme |
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Country of origin | Singapore |
Original language |
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Production | |
Executive producer |
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Cinematography | Dong Siguang |
Editor |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
Production company | Television Corporation of Singapore |
Original release | |
Network | Channel 8 |
Release | 4 November 1995 |
Cupid Love (Chinese: 七月俏佳人) is a 1995 Singaporean television film which spawned the popular duet "Guan Huai Fang Shi" performed by Chua Lee Lian and Chen Hanwei.[1] Directed by Sampson Yuen, the feature-length telemovie stars Athena Chu and Chen Hanwei. It also features 1995 Star Search contestants Ziozio Lim, Robin Goh and Aric Ho.[2][3][4]
Synopsis
[edit]The plot follows a getai singer who falls in love with her American pen pal, and finds out that he is the son of a wealthy man and is suffering from a terminal illness.
Cast
[edit]- Chen Hanwei as Xu Wenqiang[5]
- Koay Jing Li as young Xu Wenqiang
- Athena Chu as Deng Qingqing[5]
- Fan Wenqing as young Deng Qingqing
- Koh Chieng Mun as Deng Xiaoling[5]
- Ziozio Lim as Deng Meimei
- Robin Goh as Paul
- Aric Ho as Ah Jian (Coffee King)
- Wang Changli as Cousin Sen
- Zhou Quanxi as Uncle Chen
- Wu Weiqiang as Sen's father
- Chen Xuefen as Judy
- Huang Benxin as Judy's boyfriend
References
[edit]- ^ "Lee Lian's reversal of roles". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. No. Page 52. Today. 30 March 2005. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ "An all-new Guan Huai Fang Shi". TODAY. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ Kerr, Adam (9 January 2017). "Singapore's classic telemovies are getting a reprise next month". SG Magazine. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ "Objectifs' 'Watch Local' is Back this February with 8 Telemovies!". sg.style.yahoo.com. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ a b c Chin, Soo Fang (4 November 1995). "'Dolly Tan' turns into getai singer and gambler". The Straits Times. p. 17. Retrieved 30 October 2023 – via NewspaperSG.
External links
[edit]- Cupid Love at IMDb
Categories:
- 1995 television films
- Singaporean television films
- 1990s supernatural films
- 1995 romantic drama films
- Singaporean romantic drama films
- Singaporean supernatural films
- 1990s Mandarin-language films
- Films about getai
- Films shot in Singapore
- Films set in Singapore
- Southeast Asian film stubs
- Mass media in Singapore stubs