Anita (2021)
November 12, 2021Release Date
Anita (2021)
November 12, 2021Release Date
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Louise Wong
Anita Mui
Terrance Lau
Leslie Cheung
Louis Koo
Eddie Lau Pui-kei
Fish Liew
Ann Mui
Lam Ka-tung
So Hau-leung
Leung Lok-man
Director
Miriam Yeung Chin-Wah
Florence
Ng Wai-Lun
Writer
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 12, 2021
Original Name梅艷芳
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 16m
Budget$10,700,000
Genres
Wiki.
Anita (Chinese: 梅艷芳) is a 2021 Hong Kong biographical musical drama film about Cantopop star Anita Mui directed by Longman Leung, with a script written by Leung and Jack Ng. Louise Wong, in her screen role debut, stars as the titular singer, depicting her life from childhood until her last moments before her death of cervical cancer in 2003. The film features an ensemble cast, including Fish Liew, Gordon Lam and Louis Koo in supporting roles.
Production of the biopic began in the 2010s when Bill Kong, president of Edko Films, initiated the project to commemorate Mui's legacy. Leung signed on the project and took over a year to write the script with Ng, as well as finalize the cast. Principal photography took place in 2018.
Although its initial 2020 release date was delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic, Anita was released in Hong Kong on 12 November 2021, followed by some Southeast Asia countries in the same month. The film received mixed to positive reviews, and made its HK$12M box-office debut with previous preview screenings.
An extended director's cut, featuring 1 hour of extra footage, was released digitally as five-episode miniseries on Disney+ through Star starting from 2 February 2022.