T h r e e … E x t r e m e s Hong Kong Segment – “Dumplings” Directed byFruit Chan Produced byPeter Ho-Sun Chan Executive ProducerEric Tsang Associate ProducerPatricia Cheng Production CompanyApplause Pictures Limited Screenplay byLilian Lee Director of PhotographyChristopher Doyle (HKSC) Production DesignerYEE Chung-Man Art DirectorPater Wong Costume DesignerDora Ng Edited byTIN Sam-Fat, CHAN Ki-Hop (HKSE) Music byCHAN Kwong-Wing CastMiriam Yeung, BAI Ling & Tong Ka-Fai Leung

Synopsis No woman can possibly resist the token of rejuvenation – flip over its dreamy blissful side and you will find an expansive nightmare of endless pursue. But Qing can aford it all. An ex-starlet turned wife of a prominent rich man, Qing is destined to have this dream come true.

Qing uses a lot of muscles before she can get to the mysterious chef Mei to provide her specialty dumplings. Qing is no gourmet but simply dying for resuming her youth and beauty when at stake is her lifetime career as a housewife of the filthy rich. And Mei’s dumplings claim to deliver just that. Mei, a former gynecologist, developed a secret recipe for rejuvenation which has allowed her to bid farewell to her abortion career. Now Mei only serves desperate rich women like Qing. Mei understands a woman’s need and she can fulfill a woman’s desire -- all you need is a leap of faith taking a bite into the dumplings with human fetus fillings...

Fruit Chan Born in 1959 in Guangzhou, China, Fruit Chan moved to Hong Kong in the age of 10. Considered the most prominent independent voice in the Hong Kong cinema, Chan ironically started out as an assistant director then a commercial film director. He rocked the film world in 1997 with his phenomenal sovereign production “Made in Hong Kong”. Written, directed, edited and co-produced by Chan, using a cast of amateur youngsters, the film was shot entirely on short ends and a shoe string budget of 80,000USD. “Made in Hong Kong” won many awards throughout the world including Locarno's Special Jury Prize, Gijon's Grand Prix Asturias, Nantes' Golden Montgolfiere as well as Best Film and Best Director from the Hong Kong Film Awards. Chan’s pictures have since stirred up high expectations in various film festivals. In 2000, the first of his prostitute trilogy “Durian Durian” was presented in the competition section of Venice Film Festival followed by the second of the trilogy “Hollywood Hong Kong” in the same competition in the 2001. “Three: Dumplings” is Chan’s first horror film that marks his long-due return to the commercial cinema. Fruit Chan: Director Statement Women in Hong Kong, like any others in every other major city of the world, represent an incontestable consuming power. The post-millennium consumer priority of the female sex has switched from fashion and styling to weight-loss programs and beauty make-over. Liposuction, face-lift, breast augmentation are already broadly accepted and available whilst the next boom is gearing towards age-defying drugs and treatments. This trend is not a myth but a moral-booster for the local female population. Women no longer need to quietly accept the stigma of aging but to openly strive for the ultimate ecstasy from overnight rejuvenation.

Ever considered if the Swiss lamb placenta indeed delivers to its promise? Perhaps it does, but consumers are always ready to switch to products of the higher-ends. Bearing in mind we are talking about the Eastern culture and value here, I think we are not far from the days of consuming “human” placenta which has long been prescribed in Chinese medicine since the ancient time. What if human placenta, apart from its healing value, does deliver the everlasting beauty? Then cannibalism might somehow be revived in a place like Hong Kong, and most probably, not only in Hong Kong.

By all means, the human conscience is to be shaken overnight -- not because of our heroin’s deployment of an unethical mean in her pursue of rejuvenation, but because of our doubts on the efciency of such mean! I don’t think this is a hypothetical nor a solitary pursue but, as a matter of fact, a psychopathic craving so wide-spread that is approaching a universal level. And I don’t think we can simply sit on this – about how much more we, as human beings, are going to defy and at what cost! 

Fruit Chan: Filmography

1991 “Five Lonely Hearts”

1993 “Finale in Blood”

1997 “Made in Hong Kong” -- FIPRESCI Prize – Pusan Int’l Film Festival 1997 -- Swissair/Crossair Special Prize – Locarno Int’l Film Festival 1997 -- Golden Montgolfiere – Nantes Three Continents Festival 1997 -- Grand Prix Asturias – Gijon Int’l Film Festival 1997 -- Best Screenplay – Gijon Int’l Film Festival 1997 -- Best Director – Golden Horse Awards (Taiwan) 1997 -- Best Screenplay – Golden Horse Awards (Taiwan) 1997 -- Best Director – Golden Bauhinia Awards (Hong Kong) 1998 -- Best Film – Golden Bauhinia Awards (Hong Kong) 1998 -- Best Director – Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award 1998 -- Best Director – Hong Kong Film Awards 1998 -- Best Picture – Hong Kong Film Awards 1998

1998 “Tke Longest Summer” -- Reader Jury Prize from the “Standard” – Viennale 1999 -- Film of Merit – Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award 1999

1999 “Little Cheung” -- Best Screenplay – Golden Horse Awards (Taiwan) 2000 -- Silver Leopard – Locarno Int’l Film Festival 2000 -- CICAE Award: Special Mention – Locarno Int’l Film Festival 2000 -- Film of Merit – Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award 2000

2000 “Durian Durian” -- Best Film – Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award 2001 -- Best Picture – Golden Horse Awards (Taiwan) 2001 -- Best Screenplay – Golden Horse Awards (Taiwan) 2001 -- Best Screenplay – Hong Kong Film Awards 2001 -- Best Screenplay – Golden Bauhinia Awards (Hong Kong) 2001

2001 “Hollywood Hong Kong” -- Netpac Award – Cinemanila Int’l Film Festival 2002 -- Best Director – Golden Horse Awards (Taiwan) 2002 -- Best Screenplay – Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award 2003 -- Film of Merit – Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award 2003

2002 “Public Toilet” -- San Marco Prize: Special Mention – Venice Film Festival 2002 -- FIPRESCI Prize – Split Int’l Film Festival of New Film 2003 -- Critic Award – Koahsiung Film Festival (Taiwan) 2002 -- Film of Merit – Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award 2004

2004“Three2: Dumplings” Miriam Yeung Miriam Chin-Wah Yeung is one of the most popular and versatile female artists in Hong Kong. Formerly a registered nurse, Yeung broke into the entertainment industry accidentally in 1995 when accompanying a friend to the audition of a singing contest. Her friend was disqualified on the spot but Yeung proceeded to the final winning the third place and swept 6 Best New Female Vocalist awards in the following year. Having put out 8 albums (out of a total of 24 record publications) and winning more than 40 awards for her singing career to date -- including the Best Selling Album in the year of 2001 -- Yeung has also found the time to perform in 1 stage musical, 5 primetime television drama series and 11 movies, not to mention her sold-out concerts, TV commercials as well as numerous charity tasks including the UN Ambassador for AIDS awareness for the year 2000 and 2002. The combination of Yeung’s next-door girl appeal and her of-beat humor has won her huge support from a wide age-range of fans making Yeung a ludicrous cast not to be missed. Since her box ofce success with the local romance comedy “Love Undercover” in 2002, a Yeung-cast feature has become a standard option in every one of Hong Kong’s box-ofce intensive seasons. Being accountable for a box-ofce total of 87 millions Hong Kong Dollars in the year of 2003 alone (with 3 Top-ten Grossing Chinese features), Yeung is determined to go beyond the comedy genre under the direction of acclaimed director Fruit Chan in his horror film “Three-2: Dumplings”.

Miriam Yeung: Filmography 2004 “Three-2: Dumplings” -- directed by Fruit Chan “Elixir of Love” -- directed by YIP Kam-Hung

2003 “Anna in Kung-Fu Land” -- directed by YIP Wai-Man “Colors of Sound” -- directed by Joe Ma “Dragon Loaded 2003” -- directed by Vincent Kok “Love Undercover 2” -- directed by Joe Ma “My Lucky Star” -- directed by Vincent Kok

2002 “Frugal Game” -- directed by CHIU Sung-Kee “Love Undercover” -- directed by Joe Ma -- Audience’s Choice Award, the 4th Udine Far East Film Festival “Dry Wood, Fierce Fire” -- directed by Wilson Yip

2001 “Feel 100%” -- directed by Joe Ma “Dummy Mommy” -- directed by Joe Ma

1998 “Group” -- directed by Alfred Cheung

BAI Ling A star of stage and screen in her native China, BAI Ling is poised to match her homeland success around the globe with major roles in blockbuster adventures, big screen comedies and gritty independent films.

BAI Ling first came to the attention of audiences and critics alike in 1997 when she starred as the court-appointed defense attorney to Richard Gere's character in RED CORNER. BAI Ling received numerous accolades across the States for her powerful performance including the prestigious 1997 Breakthrough Award from the National Board of Review and the Discovery Star of 1997 awarded by the Hollywood Women's Press Club for their Golden Apple Awards. As a cap-off to an incredible year, BAI Ling was selected by People Magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World.

Born in the Szechwan province of China, BAI Ling's first exposure to acting came at the age of 14 when enlisted in the army as part of a performance troop for soldiers in Tibet. She went on to refine her craft with the Szechwan Theater Company where she came to the attention of both traditional and progressive Chinese directors including ZHENG Jun-Zhao whom she worked with in the 1988 production ARC LIGHT. In 1991, BAI Ling emigrated to the United States relocating herself in NYU’s Film School as a Visiting Scholar. After playing her first English role as a villain in THE CROW, BAI Ling found steady work in Hollywood since working with prestigious filmmakers including Oliver Stone, Terence Malick, Luc Besson and Spike Lee to name a few. The latest on her slate are Kerry Conan’s star-studded sci-fi SKY CAPTION AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW (starring Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie) , George Lucas’ quintessential epic sequel STAR WARS: EPISODE 3, and, THREE 2: DUMPLINGS – Bai Ling’s long-due return to the Chinese cinema and her first Hong Kong film.

Bai Ling: Filmography

2005 “Star Wars: Episode 3” – directed by George Lucas

2004 “Three: Dumplings” – directed by Fruit Chan “Sky Caption and the World of Tomorrow” – directed by Kerry Conran “Beautiful Country” – directed by Hans Petter Moland “She hates Me” – directed by Spike Lee “My Baby’s Daddy” – directed by Cheryl Dunye

2003 “Paris” – directed by Ramin Niami “The Extreme Team” – directed by Leslie Libman “Taxi 3” – directed by Gerard Krawczyk

2002 “Code Hunter” – directed by Terry Cunningham “Face” – directed by Bertha Bay-Sa Pan

2001 “The Breed” – directed by Michael Oblowitz

1999 “Anna and the King” – directed by Andy Tennant “Wild Wild West” – directed by Barry Sonnenfeld

1998 “Row Yoour Boat” – directed by Sollace Mitchell “Somewhere in the City” – directed by Ramin Niami

1997 “Red Corner” – directed by Jon Avnet

1995 “Nixon” – directed by Oliver stone

1994 “Dead Funny” – directed by John Feldman “The Crow” – directed by Alex Proyas

1988 “Arc Light” – directed by ZHENG Jun-Zhao

1987“Shan cun feng yue” – directed by ZHAO Wen Tony Ka-Fai Leung LEUNG Ka-Fai Tony is one of the most respected names in the Hong Kong film industry. His immense popularity has tied him to 80 movie credits to date. Proving his talent right away with his very first acting role, Leung won his first Best Actor honor in 1984 playing the last emperor in “Reign Behind A Curtain”. An eight times Best Actor nominee at the Hong Kong Film Awards and a winner twice, Leung also has a Best Supporting Actor Award under his belt, and from Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards, a Best Actor Award.

Regardless of his very busy shooting schedules, Leung has actively sought to pursue his other interests including putting out a CD album in 1996, producing an independent film in 1999, and committing to a stage play between 2000 to 2001. The Nelson Yu film “Love Will Tear Us Apart” which Leung produced and also acted in was admitted to the competition in Cannes Film Festival in 1999.

A virtuoso actor with an astonishing versatility, Leung possesses a long list of unforgettable portrayals including the hopeless romantic in the record-breaking French production “The Lover”, the bitter and manipulative swordsman in the WONG Kar-Wai classic “Ashes of Time”, the unforgiving detective in Taiwan’s recording breaking production “Double Vision”, and the morbidly funny and horny professor in “Golden Chicken”. “Three 2: Dumplings” would be Leung’s second time working with Applause Pictures.

Tony Ka-Fai Leung: Selected Filmography

1983 “Reign behind a curtain” – directed by LEE Hong-Cheung -- Best Actor (HKFA 1984)

1986 “Foh Lung: The Last Emperor” – directed by LEE Hong-Cheung -- Best Actor Nomination (HKFA 1987)

1987 “Prison on Fire” – directed by Ringo Lam “People’s Hero” – directed by Derek Yee

1989 “A better tomorrow – Part 3” – directed by TSUI Hak

1990 “Farewell China” – directed by Clara Law -- Best Actor (Taiwan Golden Horse Awards 1991) -- Best Actor Nomination (HKFA 1991)

1991 “This thing called love” – directed by LEE Chi-Ngai

1992 Actor of the Year from Hong Kong Artist’s Guild 1992 “Center Stage” – directed by Stanley Kwan “The Lover” – directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud “King of Chess” – directed by YIM Ho and TSUI Hak -- Best Actor Nomination (HKFA 1993) “92 The Legendary la Rose Noire” – directed by Jeffrey Lau -- Best Actor (HKFA 1993)

1993 “He ain’t heavy, he’s my father” – directed by Peter Ho-Sun Chan

1994 “Ashes of time” – directed by WONG Kar-Wai

1995 1995 Louis Cartier Awards of Excellence in the Best Actor category

1997 “Island of Greed” – directed by Michael Mak -- Best Actor Nomination (HKFA 1998)

1999 “Love will tear us apart” – directed by Nelson Yu “Victim” – directed by Ringo Lam

2000 “Jiang Hu – The Triad Zone” – directed by Dante Lam -- Best Actor Nomination (HKFA 2001)

2002 “Golden Chicken” – directed by Samson Chui “Double Vision” – directed by CHEN Kuo-Fu -- Best Actor Nomination (HKFA 2003)

2003 “Zhou Yu’s Train” – directed by ZHOU Sun “Men Suddenly in Black” – directed by PING Ho-Cheung – Best Supporting Actor (HKFA 2004)

2004 “20, 30, 40” – directed by Sylvia Chang “Three 2: Dumplings” – directed by Fruit Chan