Love Conquers All (film)
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Love Conquers All is an award-winning 2006 movie by Malaysian director Tan Chui Mui
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in the north to Kuala Lumpur
to work with her aunt. There she meets John, a young man who keeps trying to approach her. Ping feels increasingly attracted to John, and although she has a boyfriend in Penang she is drawn more and more into his world. Ping loses herself in her love and does all she can to keep John.
The Swiss Oikocredit award at Fribourg http://www.fiff.ch/v2/downloadmanager/Docs/compress/palmares_e.pdf
Tiger award at Rotterdam International Film Festival http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0877347/awards
New Current Award at Pusan International Film Festival
Tan Chui Mui
Tan Chui Mui is a Malaysian filmmaker based in Malaysia.In 2007, she received the Tiger Award from the 36th International Film Festival Rotterdam with her debut feature film Love Conquers All. The film had previously won the New Currents Awards and Fipresci Award at the 11th Pusan International...
. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0877347/
Synopsis
Ping (Coral Ong Li Whei) has come from PenangPenang
Penang is a state in Malaysia and the name of its constituent island, located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia by the Strait of Malacca. It is bordered by Kedah in the north and east, and Perak in the south. Penang is the second smallest Malaysian state in area after Perlis, and the...
in the north to Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
to work with her aunt. There she meets John, a young man who keeps trying to approach her. Ping feels increasingly attracted to John, and although she has a boyfriend in Penang she is drawn more and more into his world. Ping loses herself in her love and does all she can to keep John.
Cast
- Coral Ong Li Whei (Ping)
- Stephan Chua Jyh Shyan (John)
- Leing Jiun Jiun (Mei)
- Ho Chi Lai (Hong Jie)
Release history
| Country | Date |
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| South Korea South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south... (premiere at Pusan International Film Festival Pusan International Film Festival Busan International Film Festival , held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan , South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia... ) |
13 October 2006 |
| Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... (Tokyo International Film Festival Tokyo International Film Festival Tokyo International Film Festival is a film festival established in 1985. The event was held biannually from 1985 to 1991 and annually thereafter... ) |
24 October 2006 |
| Malaysia | 21 December 2006 |
| Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... (International Film Festival Rotterdam International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam is an annual film festival held in various cinemas in Rotterdam, Netherlands held at the end of January. It is approximately comparable in size to other major European festivals such as Cannes, Venice, Berlin, and Locarno... ) |
26 January 2007 |
| Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... (Mar del Plata Film Festival Mar del Plata Film Festival The Mar del Plata International Film Festival is an international film festival that takes place every November in the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina... ) |
11 March 2007 |
| Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour... (Hong Kong International Film Festival Hong Kong International Film Festival The Hong Kong International Film Festival is a platform for filmmakers, film professionals and filmgoers from all over the world to launch and experience new film work. There are seminars, conferences, exhibitions, and parties celebrating the festival community... ) |
1 April 2007 |
Awards
It has won several awards such as:The Swiss Oikocredit award at Fribourg http://www.fiff.ch/v2/downloadmanager/Docs/compress/palmares_e.pdf
Tiger award at Rotterdam International Film Festival http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0877347/awards
New Current Award at Pusan International Film Festival