Hong Kong Synopsis
餃子
“You eat… that you are…”
A rich woman is losing her attractiveness and longs for passion with her husband, who is having an affair with his younger and more attractive masseuse. In order to boost her image, she seeks out the help of a local chef, who cooks some special dumplings which she are claimed to be effective for rejuvenation, but these dumplings hide a terrible secret.
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The 2003–2005 Hong Kong Window
Dumplings holds position #13 of 50 Hong Kong films in the 2003–2005 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Hong Kong Landscape
2004 was the decade’s peak output year for Hong Kong — 20 titles released, including Dumplings. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (146 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 19 other Hong Kong films in 2004.
The 568th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Audience Engagement
194 audience reviews — more than 89% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 76th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #231 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (72nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.4 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Horror productions specifically: #9 of 81 (top 11%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Spoken Languages | Cantonese, Mandarin |
| Production Companies | Applause Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 31m |
| Release Date | August 19, 2004 |
| IMDb | tt0472458 |