''A West Lake Moment'' () is a 2005

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romantic drama-comedy film directed by Hong Kong directors

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and Yang Zi, and starring Chen Kun,

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and Linq Yim. Aloys Chen and Zhou Xun had also previously collaborated as lovers in '' Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress'' and ''

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Plot

Xiao Yu ( Zhou), a barista and cake maker in a teahouse-café by

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in Hangzhou. Since a car crash long ago, she had been leading a peaceful life with her kind-hearted best friend and fellow car crash survivor Tong (

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) who is unabashed in admitting that his feelings for Xiao Yu have developed into love. One day A Qin ( Chen) celebrates his birthday alone in her café. Xiao Yu's curiosity sparks off their dialogues and both discover they have many parallels. But A Qin is a player who is escaping to

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from the pressures of his relationships in Beijing and Xiao Yu is pursued by Tong ... What will be their choices?

Cast

* Aloys Chen as Qin *

as Xiao Yu * Linq Yim as Tong *

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* Zhang Yue

Crew

* Direction by

and Yang Zi * Storyline by Yim Ho and Zheng Xiao *

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* Original soundtrack by Linq Yim and Fernando Martinez

External links

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