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...roadie) and her heart hijacked by her singing partner (Kate Yeung), who takes more than a professional interest in her. Xiang Xiang (Liu) is a jaded flight attendant with Bridget Jones problems: lots of men to date, none to come home to. And then there's freshly divorced Lily (Chang), who gets back into the swing of the single life with gusto, only to discover that when you're approaching middle age, you can't outdance loneliness in a discotheque. The very modern ladies of 20:30:40 barely intersect, but director Chang ably guides her characters to a common...
...album. The three actresses happen to be label mates, and Liu thought it was time they collaborated on a CD. "Sinjie was 20, I was 30 and Sylvia was about 40," says Liu. "So I decided the name should be 20:30:40. While searching for a record producer, Chang hit upon the idea of making a movie of the same name that would map out the three decades she calls "a woman's golden ages." "I said no, no, no, that's too big for us," says Liu. "But Sylvia said she could take care...
...Chang wrote her part of the story and asked Liu and Lee to sketch out narratives for their characters. But even with Chang's track record?starring roles in films such as The Red Violin, writing and directing more than 10 movies, including critical hits like 1999's Tempting Heart?20:30:40 was a tough sell. "Women's projects are never very hot," she says. "People hear 'Sylvia Chang' and they think, 'Ugh, women's film.'" But Chang insisted there was an audience for a Chinese movie that didn't show triads or flying swordsmen. With the help...
...That's where the real difficulties began. With SARS at full strength during the filming last spring, Chang had to hurry to capture a cameo spot by Tony Leung Ka-fai to avoid the quarantine measures Taiwan was about to impose on travelers from Hong Kong. When Chang wanted to shoot a scene at Taipei's airport, officials allowed in only 50 cast and crew members?a paltry number to simulate an airport throng. "I was thinking maybe a flight would come in, and there could be people in the background," Chang says. "But all the flights were canceled...
...that Chang shows her years. Effortlessly elegant in black leather pants and a purple Dior sweater, Chang looks like she could play 20, 30 or 40, evergreen in an industry where some actresses are washed up while they're still in pigtails. Though she just hit the half-century mark last July, she demurs at the thought of a 30:40:50. "I don't like sequels," Chang says. "There's so much more I can do." Slowing down isn't on her list...