Movie · 1988
Chaos By Design
Released 29 April 1988 85 min Comedy More from 1988 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Controversial director Angela Chan explores the "La Cage Aux Folles" demi-monde that thrives in today's Hong Kong, but which has never before been portrayed in a major movie. Alex To plays a handsome fashion designer trapped in a tangle of ambiguous relationships that becomes even more complex when he falls for a beautiful D.J. (Cecilia Yip) who, with the help of her best friend (Cherie Chung), is trying to get out of an arranged marriage. This film looks and sounds like a comedy, but has some serious comments about a veiled segment of Hong Kong.
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How old were they?
Maggie Lee
as Deborah
Dennis Chan Kwok-San
as Dr Anthony Lau
Paul Chung Fat
as Fake Mr X
Chan Kit-Ling
as Jeanne's 3rd aunt
Wong Kar-Wai
Cherie Chung Cho-Hung
as Rockie
Alex To
as Abel Song
Cecilia Yip Tung
as Jeanne Cha
Stephen Ho Kai-Nam
as Koku
Regina Kent
as Jamie
Lam Lap-San
as Derek Dai
Thomas Wong Yiu-Fai
Tam Tin-Nam
as Hunchback housekeeper
Chan Ga-Bik
as Jeanne's colleague
Ngai Tim-Choi
as Man slashed by Mr X
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The numbers
19years between the oldest and youngest billed
39Maggie Lee — oldest on the call sheet
20Regina Kent — youngest billed
29average age of the credited cast