by Linda Kay
Unique Title: Chong ai
Starring: Rizzo, Gonzo, Leon, Belle, Snow
Directed by: Larry Yang
Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This overview accommodates some spoilers for this movie!
Synopsis: An all-star forged heads up this Chinese language vacation movie a few group of individuals loosely related by means of a veterinarian’s workplace and their assorted pets whose love brings them relationships and even heartbreak.
Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): The tales within the movie comply with the house owners of a number of totally different animals together with some canines and a pig. Two of the tales are centered round cats. The primary is a few divorced father, Gao Ming (Hewei Yu) and his considerably strained relationship together with his college-aged daughter Mengmeng (Landi Li). The one connection between them is their mutual love for her ginger tabby cat, whom Mengmeng calls Angela however the father calls Hulu (for the sake of this overview we are going to solely use the identify Hulu).
Hulu remains to be dwelling with Ming whereas Mengmeng is in America. Ming places Hulu on a video name together with his daughter and he or she tells him she plans on taking Hulu again to the States along with her.
Ming adores Hulu and even prepares particular meals for her and eats along with her on the eating desk. He loves his daughter however has already misplaced each her and his spouse and fears dropping Hulu as properly.
He devises a plan to make Mengmeng not wish to take again Hulu. He tears up his personal house, making it look as if the cat is tremendous harmful.
When Mengmeng arrives she is shocked by all of the injury the cat supposedly prompted however actually doesn’t purchase the story, realizing her cat isn’t like that. Hulu and Ming appear to be on the identical web page in attempting to get Mengmeng to surrender the thought of taking her again to America.
Mengmeng actually loves Hulu but additionally is aware of how a lot her father cares for the cat. She explains to her father how a lot his hiding the reality about his divorce from her damage and makes a deal that if he can get an autograph from a pop star for her she is going to depart the cat. He tries however seems to fail on this try.
On the airport Ming bids a tragic farewell to Hulu. However as Mengmeng goes to board she is given a observe from her father and finds out he truly did procure the autographs for her. He was prepared to let her take the cat to win again her love. She runs out and offers Hulu again to her father.
The opposite cat story focuses on a particularly germophobic artist named An Ying (Qingzi Kan). Her neighbor, a reporter named Luo Hua (Jianci Tan), enlists her help in rescuing an cute gray and white tabby kitten from beneath a parked automobile one evening. She reluctantly helps him rescue the kitty. He says they’ll share the cat and he or she is just too shy to refuse.
He exhibits up at her house later and fingers her the kitten. The very first thing she does is attempt to give the kitty a shower.
The following scenes finds her on the veterinarian’s workplace with a wounded hand. She is shocked to study that cats chew. Nonetheless, she buys a bunch of provides to look after the cat which involves 726 yuan. From right here on out she calls the kitten 726.
It takes a while for Ying to get used to 726, particularly when the kitten begins knocking all of her collectible figures off the cabinets.
However finally 726 wins her coronary heart and he or she turns into hooked up to the kitty regardless that she continues to share him with Hua, taking the kitten again when he’s out of city.
However one time he brings the kitten over in a plastic service and makes a confession.
He explains that he truly rescued the kitten on his personal however then put the kitten again underneath the automobile and requested for her assist as a result of he was in love along with her and needed to have a connection. She is flattered and the couple kiss as 726 watches.
Kitty Cameos: A few cats are seen within the veterinarian’s workplace at the start of the movie.
A number of outtakes are proven in the course of the finish credit, plus the ultimate theme music is carried out by William Chan who’s proven sitting with a white cat and a gray and white tabby.
Behind the Scenes:
The animal actors have been supplied by Animals for Hollywood with David Allsberry appearing as Animal Coordinator. Rizzo and Gonzo performed Hulu / Angela and have been educated by Andrea Ver Meer and Linda Rowe. 726 was performed by Leon, Belle and Snow and the kittens have been educated by Mike Miliotti and Kelli Brownell-Fulco.
Many beautiful posters have been created to advertise the movie, together with ones that centered on the precise tales.
There have been even posters made for the primary animal actors within the segments!
Closing Mewsings: Do our kitties perceive simply how a lot we actually adore them?
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