| Doctor Ivy (Veronica Yip) can't maintain her relationship after being raped and scarred emotionally. In the midst of this, she neglects a patient that ends up receiving brain damage. Ivy takes refuge in Macau where she one day bumps into that very patient, Lung (Simon Yam), now in a child-like state and she decides to make up for what errors she committed. A friendship turns into romance but ahead lies scars that no one would like to have healed...
Raymond Leung (Angel) directs with confidence and style this drama of redemption and, believe it or not, scarred memories. Giving the impression that we're looking at a Category III sleaze romp initially (the stylish workings of cinematographer Tony Mau is employed here), it's a fairly clever stepping stone into a well-performed and harrowing package. Script is often thoughtful without going to deep places although the film becomes a little too much of a triad movie by the end, albeit with better lyrical imagery than the likes of Andrew Lau probably ever achieved. Simon Yam and Veronica Yip perform as they should when they're trying, meaning very well and this was actually Veronica's sayonara to Hong Kong cinema before retiring. Leaving behind her a career of explicit Category III movies (Pretty Woman) but also highly distinguished performances (A Roof With A View, Call Girl 92), Yip's beauty and dedicated acting is highly missed. |
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