Love Actually... Sucks!
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{{Infobox film
| name = Love Actually... Sucks!
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| director = Scud
(Stage name of Danny Cheng Wan-Cheung)
| producer = Scud
| writer = Scud
| starring = Osman Hung
Christepher Wee
Linda So
Haze Leung
John Tai
| music = Yat-Yiu Yu @ PMPS
| cinematography = Herman Yau
| editing = William Chang Suk Ping
Andy Chan Chi Wai
| studio = ArtWalker Productions
| distributor = Golden Scene
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2011|7|7|QFEST}}
| runtime = 83 minutes
| country = Hong Kong
China
| language = Cantonese
English
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Love Actually... Sucks! ({{zh|愛很爛}}) is a 2011 Hong Kong movie, directed by Hong Kong Chinese film producer Scud (Danny Cheng Wan-Cheung 云翔). The film's title is a humorous wordplay on the 2003 romantic comedy film Love Actually, as it deals with similar complicated and interconnected relationships. It was released at the 47th Chicago International Film Festival, in October 2011. It explores several themes traditionally regarded as 'taboo' in Hong Kong society, in an unusually open, convention-defying way, featuring frequent full-frontal male and female nudity. It is the fourth of seven publicly released films by Scud. The six other films are: City Without Baseball in 2008, Permanent Residence in 2009, Amphetamine in 2010, Voyage in 2013, Utopians in 2015 and Thirty Years of Adonis in 2017. The eighth film, Apostles, was made in 2022, as was the ninth, Bodyshop, but neither have yet been released.{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3193119/we-need-be-hopeful-hong-kong-queer-director-scud-renowned|title='We need to be hopeful': Hong Kong queer director Scud, renowned for his sexually explicit art-house movies, on leaving filmmaking|work=South China Morning Post|author=Lo Hoi-ying|date=20 September 2022|accessdate=15 November 2022}} The tenth and final film, Naked Nations: Hong Kong Tribe, is currently in production.{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/@GTVlondon/scud-im-reluctant-to-call-hong-kong-home-87d44da73ed|title=Scud: "I'm reluctant to call Hong Kong home"|author=Gareth Johnson|date=11 January 2018|accessdate=15 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522154439/https://medium.com/@GTVlondon/scud-im-reluctant-to-call-hong-kong-home-87d44da73ed|archive-date=22 May 2018|url-status=dead}}
Plot
Love Actually... Sucks! was inspired by real-life events, and opens with a dramatic wedding feast. It tells a variety of stories about love that has gone wrong: a brother and sister in an illicit relationship, a married painter who falls in love with his young male life model, a dance school teacher who becomes involved with his senior student, a role-playing lesbian couple, and a complex love triangle. The film celebrates the belief that life is love.[http://www.medialuna.biz/films/descr_love-actually-sucks.html Love Actually Sucks] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824132836/http://www.medialuna.biz/films/descr_love-actually-sucks.html |date=24 August 2011 }} Media Luna Biz Films Access date: 2011-09-16[http://www.fridae.asia/newsfeatures/2011/07/25/11032.love-actually-sucks-scud-s-latest-film-censored Love Actually Sucks - Scud's latest film censored] Fridae Asia 2011-07-25 Access date: 2011-09-16
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Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Osman Hung as Spider
- Linda So as Moon
- Haze Leung as Policeman
- John Tai as Painter
- Tang Wei as Model
- Calvin Wong as Boy in sauna
- Owen Lee as Dance teacher
- Alice Chen as Queen
- Betty Chan as Dance teacher's girl
- Christepher Wee as Brother
- Sherry Li as Sister
- Lareine Xu as Policewoman
- Celia Chang as Policewoman's girl
- Jackie Chow as Bridegroom
- Winnie Leung as Bride
- Ryo van Kooten as Bridesman
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Production
A memorable scene in the movie shows a woman performing oral sex on her boyfriend. Scud confirmed the act was unsimulated. "Linda So was at first concerned if she was going to be able to do it. The scene took five takes to film, and Haze Leung quipped, 'One more take and I would have come.' When we were done, Linda and Haze collapsed in laughter. They are real professionals," Scud said.{{cite web |title=Love Actually... Sucks! – Scud's latest film censored |work=www.fridae.asia |url=https://www.fridae.asia/gay-news/printable.php?articleid=11032 |access-date=7 February 2022 }}
Home media
A Panorama Distribution edition of Love Actually... Sucks! was released internationally on VCD, DVD and Blu-ray Disc on 26 June 2012.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.loveactuallysucks.com}}
- {{Rotten Tomatoes|ai_hen_lan}}
- {{IMDb title|2229592}}
- [http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/love_actually_sucks.html Love Actually... Sucks!] at LoveHKFilm.com
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Category:Chinese independent films
Category:Chinese-language films
Category:Chinese LGBTQ-related films
Category:Hong Kong independent films
Category:2010s Cantonese-language films
Category:English-language Hong Kong films
Category:English-language Chinese films
Category:Films directed by Scud (filmmaker)
Category:Films set in Hong Kong
Category:Hong Kong LGBTQ-related films
Category:2010s LGBTQ-related drama films
Category:Films about male bisexuality