''Ocean Flame'' is a 2008

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

romantic comedy film directed by Liu Fendou and starring

Liao Fan Liao Fan (; born 14 February 1974) is a Chinese film and theatre actor. He is a graduate of Shanghai Theatre Academy. In February 2014 he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival, for his performance i ...

and

Monica Mok Monica Mok () is a Chinese-born Australian model and film actress. She was nominated for the Best New Performer award at the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards The Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA; ), founded in 1982, is an annual film awards ceremony in H ...

. The plot is based on

Wang Shuo Wang Shuo (, born August 23, 1958) is a Chinese author, director, actor, and cultural icon. He has written over 20 novels, television series and movies. His work has been translated into Japanese, Spanish, French, English, Italian, Hindi, and ...

's novel of the same title. It was released on 11 September 2008.

Plot

The film tells the story of a punk's entanglements with a pure young girl.

Cast

Main cast

as Wang Yao *

as Li Chuan

Other cast

* Hee Ching Paw as Li Chuan's mother *

Simon Yam Simon Yam Tat-wah (; born 19 March 1955) is a Hong Kong actor and film producer. He received international acclaim for his performances in international film festival and box office hits such as ''Naked Killer'', '' SPL: Sha Po Lang'', ''Election' ...

as Laozhang *

Derek Tsang Derek Tsang Kwok-cheung (; born 8 November 1979) is a Hong Kong film director and actor. The son of actor Eric Tsang, Tsang got his start in the Hong Kong film industry working for director Peter Chan Ho-Sun after graduating from University of Tor ...

as Third Brother's assistant * Suet Lam as Gunzi * Wong Man Shing as Gunzi's assistant *

Him Law Him Law Tze-yat (born Law Chung-him on 28 August 1984) is a Hong Kong actor currently contracted to TVB. Law began his acting career by starring as supporting characters in several well-known films, most notably in ''Mob Sister'' (2005), whic ...

as Li Chuan's brother * Hui Siu Hung as Mr. Luo * Ha Da as Lü Yan * Ma Gaoqiang as a whoremaster * Zhao Huinan as Wei Ning *

Lawrence Cheng Lawrence Cheng Tan-shui (born 28 December 1954) is a Hong Kong film actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and master of ceremonies. He was a Hong Kong DJ and radio channel executive. Cheng became famous after he created the radio drama ser ...

as a whoremaster * Hai Yitian as Zheng Zhong * Ka-Yan Leung as Third Brother *

Zhou Chuchu Zhou Chuchu (; born November 15, 1986) is a Chinese film and television actress. Biography Zhou was born in 1986 in Chengdu, Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; fo ...

as Xiaobai * Koo Fung as Waiter

Reception

The film earned critical acclaim and received nominations at the

45th Golden Horse Awards The 45th Golden Horse Awards ( Mandarin:第45屆金馬獎) took place on December 6, 2008 at Zhongshan Hall in Taichung, Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and ...

. The film also was shortlisted for the 61st Cannes Film Festival and the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival.

Nominations and awards

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ocean Flame 2008 films 2000s Mandarin-language films 2000s Cantonese-language films Films based on Chinese novels Hong Kong romantic comedy films 2008 romantic comedy films 2000s Hong Kong films