Hong Kong Rice Rhapsody is a Hong Kong–Singapore co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
海南雞飯
Fearing her son could be gay, a conservative mother takes in a French foreign exchange student, who ends up teaching the family a lot about life, acceptance, and love.
Hong Kong × Singapore Co-Production
Other Hong Kong×Singapore titles
Other Titles From JCE Movies
Comedy + Drama in Hong Kong
71 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Rice Rhapsody itself).
The 2003–2005 Hong Kong Window
Rice Rhapsody holds position #32 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 Rice Rhapsody. 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 573rd 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
11 audience reviews — more than 13% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 6th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #564 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (33rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Comedy productions specifically: #186 of 266 (top 70%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Hong Kong, Singapore |
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Spoken Languages | Mandarin, French, English |
| Production Companies | JCE Movies |
| Runtime | 1h 46m |
| Release Date | October 11, 2004 |
| IMDb | tt0383388 |