Hong Kong Synopsis
男人四十
Lam Yiu Kwok, a Hong Kong secondary school teacher is facing a mid-life crisis. While he has only his pride and Chinese poetry to fall back on, his peers are successful businessmen and professionals who flaunt their extravagant lifestyles at reunion dinners. After many years, Lam is still living in a modest apartment with his wife, Man Ching and two teenage sons. However financial stagnancy is not his only problem. An old flame of Man Ching (who was the couple's former schoolteacher) returns to Hong Kong and uncovers old wounds. Man Ching feels obliged to help her ex-lover. Meanwhile, Yiu Kwok faces another dilemma: Choy Lam, a precocious student, has a crush on him and the 'forbidden fruit' looks more and more tempting in the light of his wife's 'infidelity'. Will he succumb to young charms and let history repeat itself?
The 2001–2003 Hong Kong Window
43 Hong Kong films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. July Rhapsody sits at position #23.
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The 2000s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when July Rhapsody premiered. 146 total titles in this decade from Hong Kong.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #433 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (48th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Hong Kong Drama productions specifically: #168 of 311 (top 54%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Spoken Languages | Cantonese, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Filmko Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 43m |
| Release Date | March 14, 2002 |
| IMDb | tt0312886 |