Chaos By Design
5.8
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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Cast
35 people
Cherie Chung Cho-hung
Rockie
Known for
Once a Thief
An Autumn's Tale
Cecilia Yip Tung
Jeanne Cha
Known for
Swordsman
Winners & Sinners
Robert Huke
Angela Chan
Also in
Ice Kacang Puppy Love
The Code of Happiness
Alex To
Abel Song
Also in
The Pawnshop No. 8
Detective Chinatown
Cecilia Yip
John Chan Koon-Chung
Also in
King of Chess
A Certain Romance
Anders Nelsson
Maggie Lee
Deborah
Also in
The Young Tiger
All Shall Be Well
Chi-Ho Fong
Teng Wen-Chiao
Chan Kit-Ling
Jeanne's 3rd aunt
Also in
Jail House Eros
Winners & Sinners
Angie Chen Director · John Chan Koon-Chung Writer Fong Chi-Ho Writer
First release April 29, 1988 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China · Production Golden Harvest Company
Production
Orange Sky Golden Harvest
Production
Golden Harvest Company
Production
Hong Kong SAR China
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Original title
愛情謎語
Original language
Cantonese
Spoken on screen
Cantonese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · April 29, 1988
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Taiwan
June 18, 1988
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