Rating : IIA
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The story of Crossing Hennessy takes place in one of the most colorful districts in Hong Kong Wanchai. This is a district where commerce, nightlife, schools, things old and new cram against one another. In the middle of Wanchai lies Hennessy Road, which in effect divides the district into two halves. The story's protagonists, Oi Lin and Loy, each live on one side of Hennessy Road. Crossing Hennessy is about how they meet, and how they enter one another's story.
Loy's family owns an electric appliance store. Well over thirty, Loy is still carefree like a perpetual teenager, living with his widowed but no less glitzy mother, and a reserved, doting aunt. His mom sets him up on a blind date with Oi Lin, a quiet and stubborn girl-next-door, who takes care of a sanitary ware shop for her uncle. Neither Loy nor Oi Lin like the idea of blind-dating, so on their first date they both go out of their way to make themselves as unattractive as possible to the other person. In the end, they do succeed in not saying one word to each other!
The truth is, Loy and Oi Lin both have someone else in their hearts. Loy is still emotionally attached to his puppy-love girlfriend, who has since become a successful photographer, whose sophisticated world is beyond Loy's ken. Oi Lin has eagerly waited for her boyfriend to complete his term in prison, but the lovers now realize that making up for lost time is slightly harder than they've expected.
Loy and Oi Lin, however, are somehow thrown together for a second meeting, and this time the ice breaks. Little by little, they realize they have grown fond of each other more than they had initially bargained for.
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