Love Me, Love My Money is a 2001

Hong Kong films of 2001

A list of films produced in Hong Kong in 2001:.-2001:-External links:* * Hong Kong films of 2001 at...

 Hong Kong

Cinema of Hong Kong

The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan...

 romantic comedy film

Romantic comedy film

Romantic comedy films are films with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles. One dictionary definition is "a funny movie, play, or television program about a love story that ends happily"...

 written, produced and directed by Wong Jing

Wong Jing

Wong Jing is a Hong Kong film director, producer, actor, presenter, and screenwriter. A prolific filmmaker possessed of strong instincts for crowd-pleasing and publicity, he is often cited as the most consistently successful filmmaker , in commercial terms, in the Hong Kong cinema of the last...

, and starring Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Shu Qi

Shu Qi

Shu Qi is the stage name of a Taiwanese actress born Lin Li-Hui . Her stage name is occasionally romanized as Hsu Chi or Shu Kei . Her name is sometimes seen in the Western order as Qi Shu.-Early life:...

, Angie Cheung

Angie Cheung

Angie Cheong Wai-yee is a Malaysian Chinese actress. She won the Miss Chinese Malaysia in 1992 and went to Hong Kong to compete for the Miss Chinese International in 1993. After that, she signed a contract with Hong Kong television TVB and became a Hong Kong actress...

, Chun Cho, Lam Ka-Tung

Lam Ka-Tung

Gordon Lam Ka-tung is a Hong Kong actor known for his supporting roles in films from the likes of Andrew Lau to Johnnie To.-Career:Lam graduated from TVB's 15th Artist Training Class in 1988. For the next seven to eight years, he was no more than an extra in most television productions...

, Teresa Mak

Teresa Mak

Teresa Mak Ka Kei or Mak Ka Ki is a Hong Kong actress signed to ATV. She competed in the 1993 Miss Hong Kong Pageant but did not place. She has appeared in many drama serials and movies and is fairly popular in Hong Kong.-Filmography:...

 and Wong Yut Fei.

The original Chinese

Chinese language

The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...

 title for the film is Yau ching yum sui ba'u. It is a popular saying that literally translates as - When in Love, Even Plain Water Can Be a Filling Meal.

Summary

Richard 'Bastard' Ma (Tony Leung) is a tight fisted, mean and unpleasant character. He is also a wealthy businessman who has become increasingly bitter and mistrustful due to what he believes are the gold digging women in his life.

Following a series of events one weekend, Richard's financial assets are temporarily frozen, his house is looted by his bitter ex-girlfriend and he has no cash leaving him helpless and broke.

It is during this fateful weekend that he meets Ah Choi (Shu Qi

Shu Qi

Shu Qi is the stage name of a Taiwanese actress born Lin Li-Hui . Her stage name is occasionally romanized as Hsu Chi or Shu Kei . Her name is sometimes seen in the Western order as Qi Shu.-Early life:...

); a struggling stokebroker who is trying ward off the attentions of an unwanted suiter from her local village. By offering to help to Ah Choi in return for financial gain, a most surprising relationship develops between this unlikely pair.

Cast

• Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
• Shu Qi
  Shu Qi
  Shu Qi is the stage name of a Taiwanese actress born Lin Li-Hui . Her stage name is occasionally romanized as Hsu Chi or Shu Kei . Her name is sometimes seen in the Western order as Qi Shu.-Early life:...
  
  
• Gordon Lam
• Teresa Mak
  Teresa Mak
  Teresa Mak Ka Kei or Mak Ka Ki is a Hong Kong actress signed to ATV. She competed in the 1993 Miss Hong Kong Pageant but did not place. She has appeared in many drama serials and movies and is fairly popular in Hong Kong.-Filmography:...
  
  
• Cho Chun
• Wong Yut-Fei