Comedy and Drama

Loving Enemies

Dir: Mok Hong-si
Scr: Tam Mei-lung
Librettist: Wu Man-sum
Prod Co: Zhili
Co-starring: Fong Yim-fun, Wu Fung, Tang Kei-chen, Lee Suen, Tang Mei-mei
1957 | B&W | Digital File | Cantonese | 109min

Business manager Lam (Wu Fung) and his wife Wai (Fong Yim-fun) have been married for seven years with four children. He cheats on her with a colleague, and Wai’s friend May (Fung Wong Nui) formulates a plan with her to punish Lam. Wai disguises herself as Hung to attract Lam, while May dresses up as a man and flirts with Hung. Taken by Hung’s beauty, Lam proposes marriage to her and goes home to divorce Wai. Meanwhile, Hung and May pretend to get engaged, teaching the faithless husband a lesson…

Featuring an ensemble cast with outstanding child actors and Fong Yim-fun in a comedic role, the film shows off Fung Wong Nui’s tall and slim figure as she dresses in a dashing men’s suit. Highly convincing and memorable in her male disguise, she also sings in pinghou, a lower register usually reserved for male characters in Cantonese opera in her duet with Fong Yim-fun.

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to view Loving Enemies, which is being screened at the Archive for the first time.

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