Love Me, Love My Money
4 /10 1 Votes
Country Hong Kong | Director Wong Jing Language Cantonese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 18 October 2001 (2001-10-18) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Love Me, Love My Money (Chinese: 有情飲水飽) is a 2001 Hong Kong romantic comedy film written, produced and directed by Wong Jing, and starring Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Shu Qi, Angie Cheung, Chun Cho, Lam Ka-Tung, Teresa Mak and Wong Yut Fei.
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The original Chinese title for the film is Yau ching yum sui ba'u. It is a popular saying that literally translates as - When in Love, Even Plain Water Can Be a Filling Meal.
Summary
Richard Ma is a tight fisted, mean and unpleasant character. He is also a wealthy businessman who has become increasingly bitter and mistrustful due to what he believes are the gold digging women in his life.
Following a series of events one weekend, Richard's financial assets are temporarily frozen, his house is looted by his bitter ex-girlfriend and he has no cash leaving him helpless and broke.
It is during this fateful weekend that he meets Choi ; a struggling stockbroker who is trying ward off the attentions of an unwanted suitor from her local village. By offering to help to Ah Choi in return for financial gain, a most surprising relationship develops between this unlikely pair.