Restaurant supervisor Jill (Karena Lam) has a handsome boyfriend Chi On (Wu Bing), but she is just his backup girlfriend. She knows she is the other girl, but her hope for being his one and only has never ceased until he changes his formal girlfriend once again. All her anger goes to her co-worker Jack (Ekin Cheng), who appears to be a womanizer but indeed shares a similar unfortunate romantic situation of being the backup boyfriend of an airhostess. Knowing that both are victims in romantic relationships, Jack and Jill no longer spar with each other and a liking between them start to develop
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Ekin Cheng Yee-kin
Jack
Known for
Golden Job
Young and Dangerous
Ekin Cheng
Jack
Nicola Cheung
Moon
Eric Tsang Chi-wai
Jason
Known for
Infernal Affairs
The Accidental Spy
Karena Lam Kar-yan
Jill
Known for
Silk
The White Storm 2: Drug Lords
Nicola Cheung Sun-Yuet
Moon
Also in
Feminine Masculinity
Dragon Love
Bobo Chan Man-Yuen
Grace
Also in
The Park
The Gâteau Affairs
Hu Bing
Known for
Air Strike
Derek Tsang Kwok-cheung
Known for
Dream Home
The Thieves
Fire Lee Ka-Wing
Known for
Dog Bite Dog
Lu Jie
Also in
Kung Fu Soccer
Naked Soldier
Kristal Tin Yui-nei
Known for
Vulgaria
Love in the Buff
Andrew Loo Director · Maurice Li Director Theresa Tang Kit-Ming Screenplay
First release March 4, 2005 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China · Languages Cantonese, Chinese
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Hong Kong SAR China
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Original title
後備甜心
Original language
Cantonese
Spoken on screen
Cantonese · Chinese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · March 4, 2005
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