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The Fantastic Water Babes

Jeff LAU

Hong Kong2010 89min 35mm Color Korean Premiere

Synopsis

A match for love and honor! Gill hopes to have her boyfriend back by winning a swimming meet against her romantic rival Fay. However, Gill’s barely able to swim and she decides to kidnap a champion swimmer Chi to get him train her. Sometimes you must swim again the tide to find true love.

 

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Jeff LAU

The genius behind reinterpreted classics such as Chinese Odyssey series, he won a prominent spot on the list of "100 Top Chinese Directors". Involved with a series of dark comedies in the Eighties, LAU was the mastermind behind such “mo lei tau” film culture in Hong Kong that catapulted Stephen CHOW into superstardom.