Protégé de la Rose Noire
Protégé de la Rose Noire | |
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Traditional Chinese | 黑玫瑰義結金蘭 |
Directed by | Wong Chun-chun[2] Donnie Yen |
Written by | Wai-Lun Lam Roy Szeto Lau Man Wai |
Produced by | Carl Chang Shing Sheung Cheung |
Starring | Gillian Chung Charlene Choi Ekin Cheng Teresa Mo |
Cinematography | Man Po Cheung |
Edited by | Wenders Li |
Music by | Ken Chan Kwong Wing Chan |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Universe Films Distribution Company[3] |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese |
Box office | $1,299,743[4] |
Protégé de la Rose Noire (Cantonese: 見習黑玫瑰), also known as Black Rose Academy, is a 2004
Plot
Gillian Lu is a brilliant student who has just obtained her Psychology degree. Charlene, who believes that she is an alien, is kicked out of a home for expectant mothers because she is not pregnant. Gillian returns to her childhood apartment but finds it being rented out at a price she cannot afford. There she meets Charlene and the two girls quickly become friends.
After seeing an ad seeking a female apprentice, they ride to the address in a taxi driven by Jim Lo, whom they call "
At a nearby restaurant the four heroes are attacked by Ms LavenCan and her gang LavenCamp but they fight off their enemies. Some time later they rescue a wealthy man whom the gang is attempting to kidnap and fight with the gang again. The girls eventually ultimately defeat the gang and Black Rose tells them that they will represent the virtues of the Rose from now on while she leaves to seek out Jackie.
A collection of bloopers and outtakes runs during the closing credits.
Cast
- Gillian Chung as Gillian Lu
- Charlene Choi as Charlene
- Ekin Cheng as Jim Lo
- Teresa Mo as Black Rose
- Shiu Hung Huias Lee Shou-Fu
- Faith Woo as Poison Ivy
- Chris Yen as Enchantress
- Tats Lau
- Meng Lo
- GC Goo-Bi
- Anika Jennie Ji as Poison Ivy
- Mandy Lam Suk Man as Ms Wisteria's gang member
- Chi-Kong Lee
- Hoi-Pang Lo
- Patrick Tang
Reception
In their book Historical Dictionary of Hong Kong Cinema, authors Lisa Odham Stokes and Rachel Braaten write, "Donnie Yen's giddy action spoof Protege de la Rose Noire/Gin chap hak moooi gwai/Jian xi hei mei gui (2004) combined Lau's approach with action filmmaking and capitalized on the popularity of the Twins (Gillian Chung and Charlene Choi); in this latest version Teresa Mo plays 'Black Rose.' The opening credits are a throwback to the days of Chan Po-chu with an update to the Powerpuff Girls and Charlie's Angels (the movies and the TV series)."[10]
References
- ^ "Protege de la Rose Noire (2004)". hkmdb.com. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ISBN 9789628050369. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ISBN 9780787690489. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "Protégé de la Rose Noire". Box Office Mojo.
- ISBN 9780786408429. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ISBN 9780743448178. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ISBN 9781476602622. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ISBN 9789048540075– via Google Books.
- ISBN 9781538120620– via Google Books.
- ISBN 9781538120620– via Google Books.
External links
- Protégé de la Rose Noire at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
- Protégé de la Rose Noire at Hong Kong Cinemagic
- Protégé de la Rose Noire at IMDb