Isabella torrent

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Title ............. Isabella
Theatre Date ...... 2005/04/06
Release Date ...... 2006/04/13
Genre ............. Drama/Romance/Asian
IMDB RATING........ 7.0/10 (36 votes)
IMDB URL........... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499141/
Director........... Pang Ho Cheung
Cast............... Isabella Leong, Chapman To

Runtime ........... 109 Mins
Video Bitrate ..... 773kbps AVG
Video Codec ....... XviD-1.2-127-25022006
Audio Codec ....... MP3 VBR
Audio Bitrate ..... 125 Kbps
Frame Rate ........ 24 Fps
Resolution ........ 592 x 224
Language .......... Mandarin
Subtitles ......... ENG
File Size ......... 1.36 GB (2CDs)

Awards and Nominations

- Best Composer Nomination, Peter Kam (Asian Film Awards 2007)
- Best Original Film Score Winner (Hong Kong Films Awards 2007)
- Best Actress Nomination, Isabella Leong (Hong Kong Films Awards 2007)
- Best Cinematography Nomination (Hong Kong Films Awards 2007)
- Best Art Direction Nomination, Man Nin chung (Hong Kong Films Awards 2007)
- Best Costume & Make Up Design Nomination (Hong Kong Films Awards 2007)
- Silver Berlin Bear Best Film Music Winner, Peter Kam ( 2006)
- Golden Berlin Bear Nomination, Edmond Pang ( 2006)

SYNOPSIS
It\'s the sweltering summer of 1999 and, as occasional intertitles remind, it was a crime-filled few months, with authorities cracking down on smuggling and police corruption prior to the Portuguese colony being delivered back to China.

To plays Inspector Ma Chen-shing, a world-weary cop and serial womanizer who\'s on suspension. In a bar, he picks up Cheung Bik-yan (Isabella Leong), with a line that will come to haunt him: \"You remind me of my first girlfriend.\"

Taciturn, and with the look of a drifter, Cheung remains enigmatic. But some time after they\'ve slept together, she floors Ma with the news that she\'s his daughter.

Cheung says all she wants is a little money to pay her back rent and rescue her dog, Isabella, who\'s been locked in the apartment by her landlord. By default, the pair spend a lot of time together, wandering around the picturesque Macau streets and lounging in Ma\'s tatty apartment -- all of which is set to a repetitive, largely Latin-flavored score.

More often seen in comic or offbeat roles, To is fine as the cop whose life took the wrong track almost from the start. Newcomer Wong, who debuted in \"The Eye: Infinity,\" and recalls a wilder-looking version of actress Cecilia Cheung, is also believable as the waifish, leggy Cheung. Shame neither of them has much of a script to chew on, as they stroll through Man Lim-chung\'s atmospheric production design and d.p. Charlie Lam\'s gently pastel lensing.

In an apparent effort to beef up the pic, Anthony Wong cameos as Ma\'s colorful friend, and other names (Shawn Yue, Josie Ho) clock in briefly.