| No.7 Cherry Lane | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Traditional Chinese | 繼園臺七號 |
| Simplified Chinese | 继园台七号 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | jìyuántái qīhào |
| Directed by | Yonfan |
| Written by | Yonfan |
| Produced by | Monica Chao |
| Starring | |
| Edited by | Wang Haixia |
| Music by | Yu Yat-yiu Yonfan Chapavich Temnitikul Phasura Chanvititkul |
| Distributed by | Far Sun Film Co. Ltd. |
Release date | |
Running time | 125 minutes |
| Countries | Hong Kong China[2][3] |
| Languages | Mandarin Cantonese Shanghainese |
No.7 Cherry Lane (Chinese:繼園臺七號;pinyin:jìyuántái qīhào) is a 2019adultanimated film written and directed byYonfan.[4][2] A Hong Kong-Chinese co-production, the film was selected to compete for theGolden Lion at the76th Venice International Film Festival.[5][6] It was also selected for the2019 Toronto International Film Festival as a Special Presentation.[7] At the Venice Film Festival, the film won the Best Screenplay Award.[8]
During the rise of the materialistic comfort of life in the 1960s, there emerges an undercurrent of danger in Hong Kong.
No.7 Cherry Lane tells the tale of Ziming, aHong Kong University undergraduate, entangled between his amorous feelings for a self-exiled mother Mrs Yu from Taiwan in theWhite Terror period, and her beautiful daughter Meiling. He takes them to different movies and through a series of magical moments on the big screen, forbidden passions are revealed. And the era coincides with Hong Kong's turbulent times of 1967.
| Character | Chinese Voice actor | English voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Mrs. Yu | Sylvia Chang | |
| Meiling | Zhao Wei | |
| Ziming | Alex Lam | |
| Mrs. May | Kelly Yao | |
| Madame Simone | Natalia Duplessis | |
| Miaoyu the Nun | Teresa Cheung | |
| The Woman in Yellow | Jiang Wenli | |
| Baron Louis | Daniel Wu | |
| Steven | Stephen Fung | |
| Ah Kwok | Tian Zhuangzhuang | |
| The Pickpocket | Ann Hui | |
| The Craven Cat | Fruit Chan | |
| Mrs. Lin | Rebecca Pan |
The animation, created under the aegis of Zhang Gang
Animation master: Zhang Gang