Editing Tempting Heart

{{Short description|1999 Hong Kong film by Sylvia Chang}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Tempting Heart 
| image          = Tempting Heart (film).jpg
 
| caption        = 
| director       = [[Sylvia Chang]]
| producer       = {{ubl|[[John Chong]]|Solon So}}
| writer         = {{ubl|Sylvia Chang|Cat Kwan}}
| narrator       = 
| starring       = {{ubl|[[Takeshi Kaneshiro]]|[[Gigi Leung]]|[[Karen Mok]]}}
| music          = Kay Huang
| cinematography = [[Mark Lee Ping-bing]]
| editing        = Kwong Chi-Leung
| distributor    = 
| released       = {{film date|df=yes|1999|09|23|Hong Kong}}
| runtime        = 115 minutes
| country        = Hong Kong
| language       = Cantonese
| budget         = 
| gross          = {{HKD|12,463,633}}<ref>{{cite web |title=1999 香港票房 |url=http://www.boxofficecn.com/hkboxoffice1999 |website=boxofficecn |accessdate=31 March 2025}}</ref>
}}

'''''Tempting Heart''''' ({{lang-zh|c=心動}}) is a 1999 Hong Kong [[romantic drama]] film directed and co-written by [[Sylvia Chang]]. It stars [[Takeshi Kaneshiro]] and [[Gigi Leung]] as a pair of onscreen lovers. The film has a notable theme song "Xin Dong", performed by [[Shino Lin Xiao Pei]], which became a [[radio]] hit and can still be frequently heard on the radio or at [[karaoke]] bars/boxes.

The success of ''Tempting Heart'' prompted director [[Johnnie To]] to cast Kaneshiro and Leung in his 2003 film ''[[Turn Left, Turn Right|Turn Left Turn Right]]''.

==Plot==

Sylvia Chang plays a director who intends to make a romance film and begins to wonder about the role fate plays in relationships. She ends up re-examining her own [[first love]] in a completely different light. The story is set in two different periods of time, one in the 1970s where Gigi plays the teenage Xiao-rou, and the other in the 1990s where Sylvia plays the older Xiao-rou.

Takeshi Kaneshiro plays the role of a shy teenager, Ho-jun, who falls in love with Xiao-rou (played by Gigi Leung). Their relationship turns intimate but faces fierce objections from their parents. [[Karen Mok]] plays Chen-li, Xiao-rou's best friend, whom Xiao-rou confides in.

This teenage love soon fizzles out owing to misunderstandings and Ho-jun, after many years, turns to marry Chen-li. One day, Chen-li reveals that she is a lesbian and that they both love the same girl – Xiao-rou.

Ho-jun meets Xiao-rou on a trip to Japan and upon knowing that Ho-jun is already married, Xiao-rou returns home and gets herself engaged. Ho-jun manages a last attempt to reunite with Xiao-rou by flying to Hong Kong and telling her that he is already a [[divorce]]e, but it is to no avail.

Years later, Xiao-rou finds out that Ho-jun's wife was actually Chen-li. She discovers this only after Chen-li has died. Chen-li leaves a message for Xiao-rou asking her for forgiveness. As Xiao rou prepares to fly back to Hong Kong from Japan, she receives a present from Ho-jun. In the box were photographs, taken when Ho-jun was thinking about Xiao-rou and of their brief moments of happiness.

It is only at the end of the film when it is tactfully revealed that the director Sylvia Chang was actually re-enacting her own teenage romance.

==Cast==
* [[Takeshi Kaneshiro]] – Ho-jun
* [[Gigi Leung]] – Sheo-rou (Xiao-rou)
* [[Karen Mok]] – Chen-Li
* [[Sylvia Chang]] – Cheryl
* [[Leon Dai]] – Ho-jun (middle age)
* [[Elaine Jin]] – Sheo-rou's mom
* [[Jo Kuk]]
* [[Audrey Mak]]
* [[William So]] – Screenwriter
* [[Michael Tong]]
* [[Cher Yeung]]

==See also==
* [[List of Hong Kong films]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0215240}}
* [http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=807 HK Cinemagic entry]

{{Sylvia Chang}}

[[Category:1999 romantic drama films]]
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[[Category:Hong Kong LGBTQ-related films]]
[[Category:Lesbian-related films]]
[[Category:Self-reflexive films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Sylvia Chang]]
[[Category:1990s Hong Kong films]]
[[Category:1999 LGBTQ-related films]]
[[Category:Hong Kong romantic drama films]]
[[Category:LGBTQ-related romantic drama films]]