The Eighth Happiness (1988)

Original title

八星報喜

Directed by

Johnnie To

Genre

comedy film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 31m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three brothers each meet the woman they will marry after their home phone line breaks. The film follows their romantic misadventures as they try to win over their respective love interests.

lightheartedhumorousupbeatwhimsicalchaoticplayfulbreezyromantic

What happens

The Eighth Happiness (八星報喜) is a 1988 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Johnnie To and starring an ensemble cast of Chow Yun-fat, Raymond Wong, Jacky Cheung, Carol Cheng, Cherie Chung, Fung Bo Bo and Fennie Yuen. It was the highest-grossing film in Hong Kong at the time. The film centers around three brothers Fong Kim-long (Chow Yun-fat), Fong Kim-fai (Raymond Wong Pak-ming) and Fong Kim-sang (Jacky Cheung). One day, their telephone line failed, they meet their future wife because of this incident. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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