Love on a Diet
| Love on A Diet | |
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| Traditional | 瘦身男女 |
| Simplified | 瘦身男女 |
| Mandarin | Shòu Shēn Nán Nǚ |
| Cantonese | Sau3 San1 Naam4 Neoi2 |
| Directed by |
Johnnie To Wai Ka-fai |
| Produced by | Johnnie To Wai Ka-fai |
| Written by | Wai Ka-fai Yau Nai-hoi |
| Starring |
Andy Lau Sammi Cheng |
| Music by | Cacine Wong |
| Cinematography | Cheng Siu-Keung |
| Edited by |
Law Wing-cheung Wong Wing-ming |
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Production
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| Distributed by | China Star Entertainment Group |
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Release date
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21 June 2001 |
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Running time
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95 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language |
Cantonese Japanese English |
| Box office | HK$40,435,886 |
Love on a Diet (Chinese: 瘦身男女) is a 2001 Hong Kong romantic comedy film produced and directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai, starring Andy Lau and Sammi Cheng.
The film reunites Lau and Cheng, who last paired up in 2000's Needing You.... For their roles, both actors play obese characters and had to wear fatsuits with prosthetic makeup.
Mini Mo (Sammi Cheng) is a Hong Kong resident living in Japan. She suffers from depression, low self-esteem and a binge eating disorder – the result which sees her suffers from extreme obesity. A failed suicide attempt causes her to meet Fatso (Andy Lau), a Hong Kong salesman working in Japan who is also obese.
Mini sticks with Fatso everywhere, and although initially vexed by Mini, Fatso discovers the reason behind her depression. Mini cannot forget her former boyfriend, Kurokawa, who is now a world-famous pianist. Ten years ago, the two had pledged to meet at the foot of Yokohama Marine Tower on the night of their break-up. Mini is fearful of meeting Kurokawa in her present size. Touched by her story and her sweet nature, Fatso promises to whip her back into shape.
After trying desperate means of losing weight (such as swallowing tapeworms and exercising to Dance Dance Revolution), Mini finally sheds pounds. But Fatso finds his funds running low. To earn enough to finance Mini's weight-loss programs, he opens a boxing gig on the streets allowing on-lookers to punch him to vent their pent-up frustrations. He next enrolls Mini on an expensive weight-loss program, which proves to be very successful. Mini regains her former slim and pretty look.
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