Jingle Ma contributes splendid mood via his cinematography and the art direction by William Cheung gets immediately noticed via its elegance because of it. But this is not your pretty, empty triangle drama (would basically be a Yonfan movie then) but Chang's slow, hands-off style combined with the skill to make her script take flight way beyond the soap opera it threatens to be makes Passion totally immersing. Sparsely scored by Lowell Lo but filled with spine tingling tension as the wrong people meet in secret and is witnessed by the people on the receiving end of hurt, scars are continually open in our female characters, scars that may never have been healed as the continuing present day scenes tells us. The leading ladies are both wonderful, getting to be gorgeous and vulnerable and while George Lam is as empty as ever, he has a rapport with Cora Miao that works because these two characters never really bonded. They were bound by tradition while the only passion that appeared was the forbidden one. One of the most poignant lines in the film (If I get one thing from you, I expect more) drives home the message of Passion and seals the deal on Sylvia's terrific drama. Appearing as Wan An's mother is Wong Nam while also Stuart Ong, Rachel Lee and May Lo can also be seen.