Love Actually... Sucks!

Love Actually... Sucks!
Love Actually... Sucks!
Directed by	Scud; (Stage name of Danny Cheng Wan-Cheung)
Written by	Scud
Produced by	Scud
Starring	Osman Hung; Christepher Wee; Linda So; Haze Leung; John Tai
Cinematography	Herman Yau
Edited by	William Chang Suk Ping; Andy Chan Chi Wai
Music by	Yat-Yiu Yu @ PMPS
Production; company	ArtWalker Productions
Distributed by	Golden Scene
Release date	7 July 2011 (QFEST);
Running time	83 minutes
Countries	Hong Kong; China
Languages	Cantonese; English

Love Actually... Sucks! (Chinese: 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.^[1] The tenth and final film, Naked Nations: Hong Kong Tribe, is currently in production.^[1]^[2]

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.^[3]^[4]

Cast

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

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.^[5]

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]}

References

^ ^a ^b Lo Hoi-ying (20 September 2022). "'We need to be hopeful': Hong Kong queer director Scud, renowned for his sexually explicit art-house movies, on leaving filmmaking". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
^ Gareth Johnson (11 January 2018). "Scud: "I'm reluctant to call Hong Kong home"". Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
^ Love Actually Sucks Archived 24 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine Media Luna Biz Films Access date: 2011-09-16
^ Love Actually Sucks - Scud's latest film censored Fridae Asia 2011-07-25 Access date: 2011-09-16
^ "Love Actually... Sucks! – Scud's latest film censored". www.fridae.asia. Retrieved 7 February 2022.

External links

Official website
Love Actually... Sucks! at Rotten Tomatoes
Love Actually... Sucks! at IMDb
Love Actually... Sucks! at LoveHKFilm.com

[SCMP-1] Lo Hoi-ying (20 September 2022). "'We need to be hopeful': Hong Kong queer director Scud, renowned for his sexually explicit art-house movies, on leaving filmmaking". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

[2] Gareth Johnson (11 January 2018). "Scud: "I'm reluctant to call Hong Kong home"". Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

[3] Love Actually Sucks Archived 24 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine Media Luna Biz Films Access date: 2011-09-16

[4] Love Actually Sucks - Scud's latest film censored Fridae Asia 2011-07-25 Access date: 2011-09-16

[5] "Love Actually... Sucks! – Scud's latest film censored". www.fridae.asia. Retrieved 7 February 2022.

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