''Sausalito'' a.k.a. ''Love at First Sight'' () is a
2000
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Hong Kong film
The cinema of Hong Kong ( zh, t=香港電影) is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China and the cinema of Taiwan. As a former British colony, Hong Kong had a greater degree of pol ...
directed by
Andrew Lau
Andrew Lau Wai-keung ( zh, t=劉偉強, born 4 April 1960) is a Hong Kong film director, producer, and cinematographer. Lau began his career in the 1980s and 1990s, serving as a cinematographer to filmmakers such as Ringo Lam, Wong Jing and Wong ...
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Plot
Mike (Leon Lai) is the founder of an online company, while Ellen (Maggie Cheung) is a divorcee parenting her son Scott. They fall in love, but their relationship ends following the closing of Mike's company. A year later, an earthquake occurs and they set out to find the other.
Cast and roles
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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 ...
- Ellen
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Leon Lai
Leon Lai Ming SBS BBS MH (born 11 December 1966), is a Hong Kong actor, film director, businessman and Cantopop singer. He is one of the " Four Heavenly Kings" of Hong Kong pop music. He uses his Chinese name "Li Ming" or "Lai Ming", whi ...
- Mike
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Scott Leong - Scott
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Saisie M. Jang - Mel G
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AnnieScott Rogers - Wealthy Lady
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Valerie Chow
Valerie Chow (born 16 December 1970) is a Canadian former actress, fashion publicist, and entrepreneur.
She has starred in numerous widely popular films and television series, most memorably in Wong Kar-wai's internationally acclaimed 1994 feat ...
- Virginia Chow
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Alan Draven - Taxi driver
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Mark Hefti - Tony
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Eric Kot
Eric Kot Man-fai is a Hong Kong singer and actor who studied in California and is the second youngest of three brothers.
He formed a comedic music duo with fellow DJ and comedian Jan Lamb called Softhard in the 1980s.
He also runs a fashion st ...
- Bob
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Suki Kwan - Tina
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Carl Ng - Mike's friend
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Richard Ng
Richard Ng Yiu-hon (born 17 December 1939), also known as Richard Woo, is a Hong Kong actor known for playing comedic roles, particularly in Hong Kong films of the 1980s and 1990s.
Film and television career
Ng has appeared in 80 films to da ...
- Robert
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Jed Rowen - Homeless Man (credited as
Jed Low)
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Edmund Oscar Tam - Kid's Friend
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Karl-Heinz Teuber
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Theresa Walsh - Hot girl in bar
* Tamara Torres - Bus stop patron (uncredited)
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Jude S. Walko - Fillmore groupie (uncredited)
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Jeffrey Lei - Taxi driver (credited as
King Kong
King Kong is a fictional giant monster resembling a gorilla, who has appeared in various media since 1933. He has been dubbed The Eighth Wonder of the World, a phrase commonly used within the franchise. His first appearance was in the novelizat ...
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See also
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Love at first sight
Love at first sight is a personal experience as well as a common trope in literature: a person or character feels an instant, extreme, and ultimately long-lasting romantic attraction for a stranger upon first seeing that stranger. Described by p ...
External links
IMDb entry*
ww.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=443 HKCinemagic entry
Hong Kong romance films
2000 films
Films directed by Andrew Lau
Films set in San Francisco
2000s Hong Kong films
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