''All's Well, Ends Well'' or abbreviated as ''AWEW'' (Chinese: 家有囍事) is a 1992 Hong Kong

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directed by

Clifton Ko Clifton Ko (; born 6 August, 1958) is a Hong Kong film director, actor, producer and scriptwriter. Background Clifton Ko graduated from Kwun Tong Maryknoll College, and entered TV and film industry in late 1970s, firstly worked with director C ...

. The film stars

Leslie Cheung Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing (12 September 1956 – 1 April 2003) was a Hong Kong singer and actor. Throughout a 26-year career from 1977 until his death, Cheung released over 40 music albums and acted in 56 films. He was one of the most prominent ...

Stephen Chow Stephen Chow Sing-chi (, born 22 June 1962), known professionally as Stephen Chow, is a Hong Kong filmmaker, former actor and comedian, known for ''Shaolin Soccer'' and ''Kung Fu Hustle''. Early life and education Stephen Chow was born in British ...

, Raymond Wong,

Maggie Cheung Maggie Cheung Man-yuk (; born 20 September 1964) is a Hong Kong former actress. Raised in Hong Kong and Britain, she started her career after placing second in 1983's Miss Hong Kong Pageant. She achieved critical success in the late 1980s and in ...

Sandra Ng Sandra Ng Kwan-yue (born 2 August 1965) is a Hong Kong actress, film director and producer. Life and career The daughter of the actor Kenneth Ng Kam Tsun, Ng was born in Hong Kong, where she attended St. Stephen's Girls' College. Encouraged by h ...

, and

Teresa Mo Teresa Mo Shun-kwan (born 5 November 1960) is a Hong Kong actress. Background She started her career at RTV in the 1977, and joined TVB in 1981. She became famous for being cast in ''The Justice of Life'' (他來自江湖), which was based on ...

. ''All's Well, Ends Well'' was a Lunar New Year film, where a film's release was timed to coincide with the larger movie audience at that time of year. The movie is also one of Stephen Chow's trademark '

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' films of little sense but much good-natured humour, and is still considered to be a

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by most Hong Kong audiences. The film was followed by seven

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s: *''

All's Well, Ends Well Too ''All's Well, Ends Well Too'' (花田喜事) is a 1993 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Clifton Ko, and released as comedy fare as is the usual custom to entertain movie-goers on the Lunar New Year celebrations. The main setting is in the Song ...

'' (1993) *''

All's Well, Ends Well 1997 ''All's Well, Ends Well 1997'' (97家有囍事) is a 1997 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Alfred Cheung, starring Stephen Chow, Raymond Wong and Francis Ng. Plot Kung (Stephen Chow) is the spoiled youngest brother of three: no job, no educati ...

'' (1997) *''

All's Well, Ends Well 2009 ''All's Well, Ends Well 2009'' () is a 2009 Hong Kong romantic comedy film directed by Vincent Kok. It is the fourth instalment in the ''All's Well, Ends Well'' film series, the previous film being ''All's Well, Ends Well 1997''. The film stars ...

'' (2009) *''

All's Well, Ends Well 2010 ''All's Well, Ends Well 2010'' or abbreviated as ''AWEW 2010'' (Chinese: 花田囍事2010) is the fifth instalment of the ''All's Well, Ends Well'' series released during China's lunar holiday seasons. Directed by Raymond Wong and Herman Yau, it ...

'' (2010) *''

All's Well, Ends Well 2011 ''All's Well, Ends Well 2011'' (Chinese: 最強囍事) is a 2011 Hong Kong romantic comedy film directed by Chan Hing-ka and Janet Chun. It is the sixth instalment in the ''All's Well, Ends Well'' film series, was released on 2 February 2011. Pl ...

'' (2011) *''

All's Well, Ends Well 2012 ''All's Well, Ends Well 2012'' () is a 2012 Hong Kong romantic comedy film directed by Chan Hing-ka and Janet Chun. It is the seventh instalment in the ''All's Well, Ends Well'' film series. Plot Four men go on a heroic mission to help four wom ...

'' (2012) *'' All's Well, Ends Well 2020'' (2020)

Plot details

''All's Well, Ends Well'' is a comic romance of three hapless brothers, who eventually learn through their amorous exploits and misadventures that love is only won through gradual nurturing, and quickly lost through the quick, dishonest, selfish ways which they have always taken for granted. Moon (Raymond Wong) is eldest brother and head of the family. The film begins with the celebration of his 7th anniversary wedding with Leng, which celebration he deserts, preferring instead the company of his mistress (Sheila Chan). He turns up at home with her later, forcing his wife (whom he calls 'hag') to leave the house in dismay. Although she is very devoted to her husband and tolerates him for all his misbehaviours, her tolerance stops short of accepting his mistress openly in the family home. So (Leslie Cheung) is an effeminate floral arranger and lecturer at an art school, who is good at cooking and enjoys women's hobbies. His second cousin Mo-seung comes to his house on that same evening, and entirely devours an elaborate gourmet banquet which So had intended as a gift for Leng on her otherwise disastrous wedding anniversary. From that day on, So and Mo-seung are constantly at loggerheads over trivial issues, insulting each other with vulgar metaphors during a

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game session, apparently irreconcilable. Foon is a local radio DJ who flirts shamelessly while on air and is well-known among his legion of female fans for his impressive kissing technique. Holli-yuk (Maggie Cheung) calls him on air one day and arranges a date with him. She is an avid

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movie lover who enjoys re-enacting particular love-scenes from movies. She is convinced that Foon shares her romantic outlook and they soon become lovers. Foon, however, is a notorious playboy not eager to settle down. Predictably, Holli-yuk catches him in an act of infidelity. After a freak accident leaves Foon suffering from a mildly debilitating mental illness, Holli-yuk offers to become a nurse for him. Taking advantage of her role as his nurturer, she gleefully devises methods to punish him for his callous behaviour. The brothers' dilemmas are later resolved in similarly titled sequel films. Each story concludes on a cheeky and high-spirited note.

Cast and roles

as Seung Foon, a womanizer DJ who enjoys flirting while on broadcast *

as Holli-yuk, an art film-lover who dreams of finding her dream guy *

as Seung So, Foon's effeminate elder brother who is a floral arranger *

as Leung Mo-seung, So's second cousin and nemesis turned lover * Raymond Wong as Seung Moon, Foon's eldest brother who is unfaithful *

as Leng, Wife of Moon who was divorced and then remarried *

Sheila Chan Sheila Chin (陳淑蘭, Pinyin: Chen Shulan) is a Hong Kong actress. She was elected First Runner-Up and Miss Photogenic at the 1988 Miss Hong Kong Pageant. Filmography * ''All's Well, Ends Well 2009'' (2009) * ''Love is not All Around'' (20 ...

as Sheila, Moon's mistress who was once a beauty pageant winner *

Lee Heung-kam Lee Heung-kam (13 January 1932 – 4 January 2021) was a Hong Kong Cantonese opera and TVB actress. Career She joined the entertainment industry when she was 14 years old. Since 1960, she became known for being an antagonist in many Cantonese op ...

as Mama Seung, the brothers' mother *

Kwan Hoi-san Herman Kwan Hoi-San () (born Kwan Ming-kok; October 23, 1925 – September 11, 2006) was a Hong Kong actor. His English name was Herman Kwan. Kwan started off as a Cantonese opera actor in street theatre before joining New Voice Opera Troupe (� ...

as Papa Seung, the brothers' father *

as an annoyed karaoke patron *

Vincent Kok Vincent Kok Tak-chiu (; born 15 August 1965) is a Hong Kong actor, scriptwriter and film director. Vincent's ancestral hometown is Shandong province. Kok is best known for his frequent collaborations with Stephen Chow, acting and co-writing wi ...

as a Japanese businessman *

Loletta Lee Rachel Lee (; born 8 January 1966), previously known as Loletta Lee, is a Hong Kong actress and a Category III film star. She started playing small roles in Hong Kong movies in the 1980s. Her first role as a lead actress was in ''Devoted to You ...

as one of Foon's girlfriends * James Wong * Wong Kwong-leung as Brother Kwong * Andrew Yuen as Kai-ming * Cheri Ho as Dolleen * Chow Chi-fai as a doctor All's Well, Ends Well at chinesemov.com
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