Hands in the Hair

Hands in the Hair (2005)

做头

For 10 years, Ani, a young wife and mother, has sported the same hair style. She has a humdrum life and a platonic relationship with young Mr. Ahua, her hairdresser. She leaves home after he loses his job. There is love and new beginnings.

Date of release
2005-03-07
TMDB
4.0 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 41m
Genres
Drama
Director
Jiang Cheng

Casting

Interesting facts

Hands in the Hair is a 2005 romantic ethical film directed by Jiang Cheng and produced by Stanley Kwan. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, the film stars Rosamund Kwan, Wallace Huo and Francis Ng. It is produced jointly by Shanghai Film Group Corporation and Shanghai Film Studio. The film is an adaptation of Tang Ying's 1995 novel of A Beauty (红颜). The film picks up the extramarital love story of a Shanghai named woman Aini and her lover Ah Hua. Hands in the Hair premiered in mainland China on 7 March 2005 and released in Hong Kong on 14 April 2005.

Production

Shanghai Film Group Corporation and Shanghai Film Studio bought the film rights to the 1995 novel A Beauty (红颜) written by Tang Ying. Zhang Xian, the husband of Tang Ying, signed on to write the script for the film. While for the most part a faithful retelling of the novel, the screenplay does contain minor deviation.

Director Jiang Cheng revealed that actress Michelle Reis was considered as the female lead at first, after conversation, Jiang Cheng found that she was not suitable for the feminine lead.

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