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桃花運 (2008)
Desire of the Heart
Alias: Desires of the Heart
Alias: Desires of Love
Origin: China
Language: Mandarin 
Rating: II A (Hong Kong) 
Release Date (China): 11/20/2008
 
Director
  Ma Liwen
 
Screenwriter
  Ma Liwen
 
Producer
  Henry Fong Ping
 
 
Cast
  Ge You    
  Vivian Wu Junmei ... Ye Sheng Ying
  Guo Tao ... Zhang Su
  Mei Ting ... Zhang Ying
  Yuen Qiu ... Gao Ya Juan
  Duan Yihong ... Zong Tian Kuo
  Li Xiaolu ... Xiao Mei
  Song Jia ... Lin Cong
  Geng Le ... Zhao Da
  Jerry Li Chen ... Guan Xiang
  Cong Shan ... Ye's friend
  Liu Zhenyun ... Wei Xiang
  Fan Bingbing ... Victim with spectacles
  Chen Xibei ... Xiao Mei's girlfriend
  Li Na ... Mei Ting's girlfriend
  Elsie Gao Fei ... Mei Ting's girlfriend
  Li Fengxu ... Ruo Ruo
  Li Ping (5) ... [Yuen Qiu: voice]
  Meng Tingyi ... Wei Xiang's girlfriend
  Geng Han ... Zhang's father
  Li Meijie ... Zhang's mother
 
Production Companies
  Sil-Metropole Organisation Ltd.
  Edko Films Ltd.
  Media Asia Film Company Limited
 
First Assistant Director
  Ren Fei
 
Second Assistant Director
  Huang Hua (5)
 
Story
  Ma Liwen   He Di
 
Script Supervisor
  Zhang Qiao (2)
 
Cinematographers
  William Chan Wai-Lin   Wu Di
 
Lighting Engineer
  Lobo Chan Hon-Wing
 
Art
  Tang Zheng-Yu   Cao Jiuping
 
Costume Designer
  Liu Xin-Nian   Sun Jia
 
Image Supervisor
  Denni Li Dan-Li
 
Makeup Leader
  Jiang Jingyu
 
Editor
  Zhan Haihong
 
Editor's Assistant
  Jun Shi
 
Props Leader
  Wang Rongjiang
 
Set Decorator Leader
  Guo Zhen (3)
 
Sound Recordist
  Rocky Zhang Jinyan
 
Boom Man
  Shi Yugang   Ma Jie (3)
 
Original Music
  Henry Lai Wan-Man
 
Presenter
  Song Dai   Bill Kong Chi-Keung   John Chong Ching
 
Senior Producer
  Cheung Hong-Tat
 
Line Producer
  Ding Xiaopeng
 
Production Controller
  Stephen Lam Bing-Kwan
 
Chief Planner
  Ren Yue
 
Planning
  Sze Yeung-Ping
 
On-Set Production Manager
  Zhang Huaiyu (2)
 
Unit Production Manager
  Zhao Chengshun (2)
 
Unit Manager
  Zhang Zhuo (4)
 
Location Manager
  Ming Fei
 
Set Runner Leader
  Tang Bo
 
Craft Service
  Liu Ning (7)
 
Still Photographer
  Wang Pinran
 
Pre-Mix
  Rocky Zhang Jinyan   Long Xiaozhu
 
Equipment
  Toplight Engineering Limited
 
 
Summary
  Originally written as the story of one man (played by mainland star Ge You) and his affairs with five women, the pic started shooting in June 2006, with Ge and actresses Vivian Wu and Fan Bingbing. After production halted -- reportedly because of a dispute between Ma and Ge -- Ma went on to direct the black comedy "Lost and Found." Production on "Desires" resumed in August 2008 under the banner of three Hong Kong companies, and with the the script cleverly reworked so the Ge/Wu story is just one of five couples' separate stories. Some of Fan's footage survives in a brief flashback near the end of the Ge/Wu tale. (Variety review)