Three Husbands (2018 film)

Three Husbands (Chinese: 三夫) is a 2018 Hong Kong film directed by Fruit Chan, starring Zeng Meihuizi and Chan Charm-man. It is the last instalment of his "prostitution trilogy" which Chan directed from 2000–2018. The other two movies in the trilogy are Durian Durian (Qin Hailu as lead actress, 2000) and Hollywood Hong Kong (Zhou Xun as lead actress, 2001).[2][3][4] The three lead actresses starring in his "prostitution trilogy" were nominated as Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress for their respective role in a film of the trilogy, and Qin Hailu won the award for her role in Durian Durian.

Three Husbands
Three Husbands poster
Simplified三夫
MandarinSanfu
Directed byFruit Chan
Produced byFruit Chan
Doris Yang
Sammi Chan
Chan Wai-Keung
Screenplay byFruit Chan
Jason Lam Kee-To
StarringZeng Meihuizi[1]
Chan Charm-man
Music byChan Chi-Yeung
Nip Kei-wing
CinematographyBenny Chan Ka-Shun
Edited bySup Fat Tin
Release date
Running time
101 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese

The film premiered at the 31st Tokyo International Film Festival on October 26, 2018.[5]

Plot

In her boldest performance yet, Zeng Meihuizi stars as a woman who lives on the sea with her three husbands. With an overactive libido, she heartily devotes herself to her work as a prostitute. As in the trilogy’s two previous films, Chan uses the world’s oldest profession to satirise the state of contemporary Hong Kong.

Cast
  • Zeng Meihuizi as Ah Mui
  • Chan Charm-man as Four Eyes / Little Bro
  • Keung Mak as Big Bro
  • Chan Man-lei as Second Bro
  • Sai Man Ho as Fatty
  • Larine Tang as Sau Ming
  • Xia Ren as Shui

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 40% based on 5 reviews, with an average rating of 4.5/10.[6]

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Recipients Result
201855th Golden Horse AwardsBest Leading ActressChloe MaayanNominated
31st Tokyo International Film FestivalBest FilmThree Husbands (directed by Fruit Chan)Nominated
201913th Asian Film AwardsBest ActressChloe MaayanNominated
Best DirectorFruit ChanNominated
Best NewcomerChan Charm-manNominated
25th Hong Kong Film Critics Society AwardBest FilmThree HusbandsWon
Best DirectorFruit ChanWon
Best ActressChloe MaayanWon
Best ScreenwriterFruit Chan, Lam Kei-toNominated
38th Hong Kong Film AwardsBest FilmsThree HusbandsNominated
Best DirectorFruit ChanNominated
Best ActressChloe MaayanWon
Best New PerformerChan Charm Man Nominated

References
  1. "曾美慧孜(豆瓣) - 电影". movie.douban.com. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  2. Collin, Robbie (2018-10-29). "Three Husbands review: a grotty, exasperating, and deeply unsatisfying superhuman sex comedy". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
  3. "'Three Husbands': Tokyo Review". Screen. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
  4. Kuipers, Richard (2018-11-02). "Tokyo Film Review: 'Three Husbands'". Variety. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
  5. "【Three Husbands】 31st Tokyo International Film Festival". 2018.tiff-jp.net. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  6. "THREE HUSBANDS". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
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