Turn Left, Turn Right

Turn Left, Turn Right

Infobox Film
name = Turn Left, Turn Right


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director = Johnnie To
Wai Ka-Fai
producer = Johnnie To
Wai Ka-Fai
Daniel Yun
writer = Wai Ka-Fai
Yau Nai-Hoi
Au Kin-Yee
Yip Tin-Shing
Book
Jimmy Liao
narrator =
starring = Takeshi Kaneshiro
Gigi Leung
music = Ben Cheung
Chung Chi Wing
cinematography = Cheng Siu-Keung
editing = Law Wing-Cheong
distributor = flagicon|China Warner Bros.
released = 2003
runtime = 96 min
country = flagicon|Hong Kong Hong Kong
film location = flagicon|Taiwan,Taipei
language = Cantonese
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imdb_id = 0367174

"Turn Left, Turn Right" ( _zh. 向左走·向右走; Pinyin: "xiàng zuǒ zǒu, xiàng yòu zǒu"; Cantonese Yale: "Heung joh chow, heung yau chow") is a 2003 joint Hong Kong-Singaporean romance film, filmed in Taipei. Produced and directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai, the film stars Takeshi Kaneshiro and Gigi Leung. The story is based on the book "A Chance of Sunshine" by Jimmy Liao, who makes a cameo appearance in the film. This film is also the first Chinese language film from Warner Bros.

Plot

Leung plays a translator, and Kaneshiro plays a violinist, who live parallel lives and appear to be perfect for each other, but somehow fate seems to keep them apart. They live in the same apartment building, but never meet, because when they leave, one turns left, and one turns right.

cene

This movie is filmed in Taipei,Taiwan.
*Fuging Street
*Beitou Hotspring Park
*MRT Beitou Station
*Ximending
*Xinyi, Taipei City Hall Plaza,Shin Kong Mitsukoshi

Poem

The poem recited by the main female protagonist of this film is ""Love at First Sight" ("Milosc od pierwszego wejrzenia") by famous Polish poet, essayist and translator Wisława Szymborska (She was awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature).

oundtrack

The movie features two songs performed by Gigi Leung, "The Luck for Two People" and "The Edge of the Magic Roundabout", and one by Stefanie Sun, "Yu Jian".

External links

*imdb title|id=0367174|title=Turn Left, Turn Right
* [http://www.moviepie.com/filmfests/turn_left.htm Review at Moviepie.com]
* [http://www.juliasroom.com/WSfirstsight.htm Poem "Love At First Sight" by Wisława Szymborska]


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