Sealed With A Kiss could be seen as part of Derek Chiu's steps into the big league, working for Johnnie To's Milkyway. Well, they aren't the mothers of commercialism but it means something to have Johnnie To as a producer and his production house's stamp on the picture. This collaboration continued on Derek Chiu's Comeuppance the year after. Sealed With A Kiss represents a genre of movies Hong Kong cinema does well but far too many of. After all is said and done, Derek's film isn't one too many.
Kam Shui (Louis Koo from Bullets Over Summer) is a mute resident in a small island community. He helps out at his aunt's inn and it's there he meets Mandy (Yoyo Mung from Running Out Of Time). She checks in for one night but despite that small stay she has firmly placed herself in Kam Shui's heart. When she later returns for a longer stay the two becomes closer to each other. Mandy, who is now heartbroken, doesn't flat out show the same affection and subsequently falls for shy fire fighter Paul (Raymond Wong from Lifeline). Kam Shui realizes that, how painful it may be, he would rather see her happy than anything else... |