Film

Chaos By Design

1988 · 1h 25m · Comedy

IMDb

6.4

Controversial director Angela Chan explores the "La Cage Aux Folles" demi-monde that thrives in today's Hong Kong, but which has never before been portrayed in a major movie. Alex To plays a handsome fashion designer trapped in a tangle of ambiguous relationships that becomes even more complex when he falls for a beautiful D.J. (Cecilia Yip) who, with the help of her best friend (Cherie Chung), is trying to get out of an arranged marriage. This film looks and sounds like a comedy, but has some serious comments about a veiled segment of Hong Kong.

Cherie Chung Cho-Hung

Rockie

Cecilia Yip Tung

Jeanne Cha

Alex To

Abel Song

Maggie Lee

Deborah

Chan Kit-Ling

Jeanne's 3rd aunt

Lam Lap-San

Derek Dai

Regina Kent

Jamie

Stephen Ho Kai-Nam

Koku

Thomas Wong Yiu-Fai

Dennis Chan Kwok-San

Dr Anthony Lau

Paul Chung Fat

Fake Mr X

Tam Tin-Nam

Hunchback housekeeper

Chan Ga-Bik

Jeanne's colleague

Ngai Tim-Choi

Man slashed by Mr X

Wong Kar-Wai

Tong Gwok-Ming

• Angie ChenDirector · Writer
• John Chan Koon-ChungWriter
• Fong Chi-HoWriter
• Robert HukeDirector of Photography
• Anders NelssonOriginal Music Composer

Release date

April 29, 1988

Status

Released

Original language

cn

Runtime

1h 25m

Genres

Comedy

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