Year released: 6/1996

Cantonese title: Sei Goh 32A Woh Yat Goh Heung Jiu Siu Nin

Mandarin title: Si4 Ge4 32A He2 Yi1 Ge4 Xiang1 Jiao1 Shao3 Nian2

English title: Those Were the Days

Literally: Four 32A's and a Banana Teenager [32A as in a bra size]

Director: Eric Tsang Chi-Wai

Producer: Eric Tsang Chi-Wai


Cast: Loletta Lee Lai-Chun, Amanda Lee Wai-Man, Karen Joy Morris (Mok Man-Wai), Linda Wong Hing-Ping, Kong Lai-Na, Man Chung-Han, Choi Si-Man, Ho Ka-Lei, Eric Tsang Chi-Wai, Julian Cheung Chi-Lam, Josie Ho Chiu-Yee, Koo Kwai-Kwan, Hilary Tsui Ho-Ying, Carlo Ng Ka-Lok, Wong Pau-Lung, Tang Lai-Ming, Bak Ka-Sin, John Tang Yat-Kwan, Poon Fong-Fong, Jacob Cheung Chi-Leung, Tang Chiu-Chuen, Chin Kar-Lok, Cheung Chung-Dik

Cameo Appearance: Jordan Chan Siu-Chun

Type: C2A

Running Time: 90 min

Writer: James Yuen Sai-Sang, Wong Yuen-Yin, Lam Oi-Wah

PI - On the night before her wedding, Minnie and her friends reminisce about their teenage years. A companion piece to _Over The Rainbow Under The Skirt_ (the film even trades in Leslie for Alan as the teen idol du jour), Eric Tsang once again compiles a series of cute vignettes about going through puberty, which taken as a whole doesn't quite make sense. And as before, this just adds to the charm of the film. After all, who can honestly claim to understand their teenage years? One warning for star watchers - the adult actors have very little screen time ; it's the teenage unkowns, and even then Kong Lai Na (Minnie), who do most of the work.

JC - Well meaning but overdone drama using pretty much the same idea as Demi Moore's Then and Now. Four high school classmates got together for a wedding of one of their own. Eric Tseng is amazing as Minnie's father, whose pretty much is the mother of the household while the wife worked. I applaud Julian Cheung's courage to play the teacher, as the character is the 180 of his pop singer image. What troubles me though is Eric Tseng's idea of how much the average HK teenager girls know about sex.



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