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Return of the Cuckoo (2015)

Return of the Cuckoo poster
Original title
十月初五的月光
Directed by
Patrick Kong
Genre
romance film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 43m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a sequel film to a popular Hong Kong TV drama. It follows the same characters years later as they navigate love and life in Macau. The story continues from where the original series ended.

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What happens

Return of the Cuckoo (Chinese: 十月初五的月光) is a 2015 romantic melodrama film sequel to the series Return of the Cuckoo, a 20-episode TVB drama broadcast in 2000. A Hong Kong-Chinese co-production, the film is directed by Patrick Kong and starring original cast Julian Cheung, Charmaine Sheh and Nancy Sit. The film continues the story where the drama left off. A short music trailer was released in February 2015 to overwhelming popularity. Julian Cheung sings the original theme song “Wishing Kwan Well” (祝君好). The movie was released on November 12, 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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