Confession of Pain
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| Directed by | Alan Mak Andrew Lau |
| Produced by | Andrew Lau |
| Written by | Felix Chong Alan Mak |
| Starring | Tony Leung Chiu Wai Takeshi Kaneshiro Shu Qi Xu Jinglei |
| Release date(s) |  December 21, 2006 |
| Running time | 110 min. |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Budget | HK$80 million |
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Confession of Pain (Traditional Chinese: 傷城; Simplified Chinese: 伤城; pinyin: Shāngchéng, literally 'forlorn city') is a movie directed by Alan Mak and Andrew Lau, starring Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Shu Qi and Xu Jinglei.
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[edit] Plot Summary
Detective Hei (Leung), a veteran detective and his partner Bong (Kaneshiro) busted a rapist in 2003. When Bong went back home after the bust, he found out that his pregnant girlfriend committed suicide. From that day on, Bong became a drunkard and turned in his badge to work as a private investigator, all the while trying to find out why his girlfriend committed suicide.
Three years later, Bong discovered that on the night his girlfriend committed suicide; she was actually waiting at a bar for her secret love, who ended up unconscious after a car accident on the same night. Bong originally thought that he would be angry at his girlfriend's lover, but he ended up taking care of the comatosed lover while he lies in the hospital. Bong eventually moved on and fell in love with a girl who sells beer at the same bar, Feng (Shu Qi).
Hei married Susan (Xu Jinlei), daughter of billionaire Chau. Chau was murdered, so Susan hired Bong to find his father's murderer. Bong ultimately discovered that Hei murdered Chau because Chau killed Hei's entire family when he was a boy living in Macau. Hei then had to take on another identity to avoid being murdered by Chau. Hei also attempted to murder Susan, but she avoided death and fell into a coma. When Hei saw Susan in the hospital, he realized that his attempts to avenge his family only ended up causing more pain to himself. He couldn't live with the fact that he had just destroyed the last of his family, and committed suicide.
[edit] Cast
- Tony Leung Chiu Wai as Detective Lau Ching Hei
- Takeshi Kaneshiro as Bong
- Shu Qi as Feng
- Xu Jinlei as Susan
- Chapman To as Inspector Tsui Wing Kwong
- Yueh Hua as Susan's father
- Emme Wong as Rachel
- Wan Yeung-Ming as Susan's father's servant
[edit] Reception
[edit] Critical Reception
Critics' review of the movie was mixed. Most critics postively reviewed the performances by Tony Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro, but criticized the plot for the lack of suspense because it was revealed prematurely that Detective Hei was the murderer.
[edit] Box Office
Confession of Pain opened in Hong Kong in the same week as Chow Yun Fat's Curse of the Golden Flower and was beaten by on the opening day, but was still able to generate box office revenues of HK$3 million on opening weekend.[1]
[edit] Awards
Confession was nominated for seven awards in the 26th Hong Kong Film Awards, including best screenplay, best actor (Tony Leung Chiu Wai), best cinematography, best film editing, best art direction, best costume make up design, and best original film score. [2]
[edit] Distribution
Confession of Pain was released in theatres in Hong Kong on December 21, 2006. The 2-disc DVD edition, 2-disc DVD special edition (with Postcard Book) and VCD edition were all released in Hong Kong on February 14, 2007. The DVD editions feature audio in DTS-ES and a second disc featuring a documentary of the making of the movie, photo galleries and other bonus features.
[edit] Soundtrack
Ayumi Hamasaki performed the theme song Secret, which appears in the international version of the movie. The mandarin theme song in the Chinese version of the movie, Wounded City Secret (傷城秘密), was performed by Denise Ho.
[edit] Trivia
- Sponsors of the movie include: Giorgio Armani, Ayumi Hamasaki, 1010, San Miguel, Citicall, Philip Stein, D-Link, Neway and APM. [3]
[edit] Remake
A Hollywood remake of Confession of Pain was announced[4] by Warner Bros, who bought the rights of the film. Leonardo DiCaprio's production company is producing the film alongside Roy Lee, who brokered[citation needed] the remake deals on Asian movies from The Ring to Infernal Affairs. At the moment, however, it isn't yet known if DiCaprio, once the biggest actor in Hollywood for his role in record-grossing love story meets disaster flick Titanic, will also star in the film. William Monahan, who won a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for The Departed, will work on the script.
[edit] References
- ^ "Christmas Eve Box Office", Sun Daily, 2006-12-25. Retrieved on 2006-12-25.
- ^ "HKFAA official nominee list".
- ^ "Sponsors listed on official website".
- ^ "After Departed Hollywood to remake 2nd Chinese film", China Daily, 2007-03-02. Retrieved on 2007-03-04.
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