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Esprit D'Amour (2001) · 陰陽愛

Name: Esprit D'Amour
Director: Billy Chung Siu-Hung
Genre: Drama, Ghost, romántico
Released: 2001
Duration: 88 min
Cast: Julian Cheung, Loletta Lee Lai-Chun, Helena Law Lan, Simon Lui Yu-Yeung, Pinky Cheung Man-Chi

Original title: 陰陽愛

2001 · Billy Chung Siu-Hung · 88 min · Hong Kong

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Joe Chan (Julian Cheung), an Pay-TV office manager, mourns the death of wife-to-be Winnie Tsang (Loletta Lee), while a spirit causes trouble for a pair of wrongdoers set on taking over the station. A not-so-literate taxi driver Shing Wai-lin (Simon Loui) visits a tarot reader after his girlfriend leaves him. The mystic warns him that he is set to meet a strange woman and he'll be in certain danger. In a dingy flat, housing nurse Mindy (Fennie Yuen) treats triad member Ton's (David Wong) latest wounds. Her Aunt Ha (Helen Law Lan), meanwhile, senses a dark force drawn to the flat's dark hallway.

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Esprit D'Amour (2001) · 陰陽愛

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