Fly Me to Polaris

1999 1h 36m CN

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6.9

SOLID

★6.9TMDB · 35

DramaFantasyRomance

Synopsis

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A young man, blind and dumb, works as an audio tape typist in a hospital and fostering a tender and sincere relationship with a beautiful but introverted nurse. When hit by a car, he is the sixty billionth human being to die on earth, and is on transit to Polaris, en route to a yet more sophisticated form of existence in Vega. Given a reprieve of five days and a chance to be reunited with his love on earth, he cannot reveal his true identity behind the temporary facade he must present to her. Both boy and girl eventually learn, through a tangle of difficult and miraculous events, how love and good things always find ways of creeping into people's lives when people are not greedy and least expect these blessings.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Richie Jen
Onion
Cecilia Cheung
Autumn Yue
Eric Tsang
Jumboball
William So Wing-Hong
Dr. Wu
Sheren Tang Shui-Man
Autumn's sister
Eric Kot Man-Fai
Angel
Sandy Lam San-San
Radio DJ
Isabel Chan Yat-Ning
Nurse Joe Chan

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jingle Ma Choh-Sing
Writers: Lo Chi-Leung, Yeung Sin-Ling
Languages: Cantonese
Countries: Hong Kong

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1 / 8

ERA

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27 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 8

CRAFT

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Part of the "星语心愿（系列）" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jingle Ma Choh-Sing, shot by Jingle Ma Choh-Sing. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Peter Kam Pau-Tat. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Richie Jen and Cecilia Cheung and Eric Tsang carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0213314 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 35 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Jingle Ma Choh-Sing directs. Jingle Ma Choh-Sing behind the camera. Peter Kam Pau-Tat scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Hong Kong. Dialogue in Cantonese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

127 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "星语心愿（系列）" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Jingle Ma Choh-Sing, shot by Jingle Ma Choh-Sing. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Peter Kam Pau-Tat. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Richie Jen and Cecilia Cheung and Eric Tsang carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0213314 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 35 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.