What Women Want is a 2011 Chinese-Hong Kong romantic action comedy film remake of the 2000 American film of the same name. The film stars Andy Lau and Gong Li. What Women Want was released in China on 3 February 2011, the first day of Chinese New Year.
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Traditional | 我知女人心 |
Simplified | 我知女人心 |
Mandarin | Wǒ Zhī Nǚ Rén Xīn |
Cantonese | Ngo2 Zi1 Neoi5 Jan2 Sam1 |
Directed by | Chen Daming |
Screenplay by | Chen Daming |
Based on | What Women Want by
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Produced by | Chen Daming Don Yu |
Starring | Andy Lau Gong Li |
Cinematography | Max Wang |
Edited by | Nelson Quan |
Music by | Christoper O'Young |
Production companies | Beijing Bona Film and Cultural Communication Co., Ltd China Film Group Corporation DMG Entertainment Group Emperor Motion Pictures Bona Entertainment Company Limited Focus Film Limited |
Distributed by | Beijing Polybona Film Distribution Co. Ltd. (China) Emperor Motion Pictures Distribution Workshop (Hong Kong) |
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Running time | 115 minutes[1] |
Countries | China Hong Kong[1] |
Languages | Mandarin English |
Budget | US$5 million |
Box office | US$11.8 million[2] |
The plot is a very close remake of the American version with some minor changes. The plot takes place mostly in an advertising company in Beijing, in which Lau plays a slick ad agency creative director who gets acquainted with his new talented competition, played by Gong. He is helped when he gets the ability to hear women's thoughts due to a freak accident.
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