The Eye

"How can you believe your eyes when they're not yours?"

2002 1h 38m CN

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6.6

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63%

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 488🍅63%Rotten Tomatoes●66Metacritic★6.6IMDB · 30,388

Horror

Synopsis

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A blind concert violinist gets a cornea transplant allowing her to see again. However, she gets more than she bargained for when she realizes her new eye can see ghosts. She sets out to find the origins of the cornea and discover the fate of its former host.

“How can you believe your eyes when they're not yours?”

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Cast

Angelica Lee
Wong Kar Mun
Lawrence Chou
Dr. Lo, Wah
Candy Lo
Yee
Edmund Chen
Dr. Lo
Yut Lai So
Yingying
Chadatirud Lertaveesin
Chiu Wai Ling
Yin Ping Ko
Mun's Grandmother
Florence Wu Wing-Han
Nurse

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Oxide Pang
Writers: Oxide Pang, Danny Pang, Jojo Hui Yuet-Chun
Languages: Cantonese, English, Mandarin, Thai
Countries: Hong Kong, Netherlands, Singapore, Thailand

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MONEY

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Earned back only 17% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released 24 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Cantonese, English, Mandarin, Thai.

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WORLD

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International production across 4 countries: Hong Kong, Netherlands, Singapore, Thailand.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Eye Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Oxide Pang, shot by Decha Srimantra. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Danny Pang shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Angelica Lee and Lawrence Chou and Candy Lo carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Oxide Pang directs. Decha Srimantra behind the camera. Danny Pang cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in Hong Kong, Netherlands, Singapore, Thailand. Dialogue in Cantonese, English, Mandarin, Thai.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Earned back only 17% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 24 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Cantonese, English, Mandarin, Thai.
4International production across 4 countries: Hong Kong, Netherlands, Singapore, Thailand.
5Part of the "The Eye Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Oxide Pang, shot by Decha Srimantra. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Editor Danny Pang shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Angelica Lee and Lawrence Chou and Candy Lo carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "How can you believe your eyes when they're not yours?".
10IMDB entry: tt0325655 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 9 themes, including "blindness and impaired vision", "eye operation", "loss of eyesight", "transplantation".
12Released under 22 different titles around the world.