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...actress Rene Liu about her 20:30:40 co-star, co-writer and director Sylvia Chang, and she exudes a sigh that's in equal parts admiration and exhaustion. "I think she's a model for all of us women, but she's too busy!" says Liu. "She's a mother, she's a producer, an agent, a star, singer, director, and an actress." Chang politely protests, flashing the sunrise smile that has lit up more than 80 films during her 30-year career: "There's always time for the things you want...
...Chinese movie to be selected for this year's Berlin Film Festival, 20:30:40 goes down like a happy-hour Cosmopolitan?a nice antidote to the castor oil of the typical Taiwan art-house flick. "This is not a grand story. It doesn't have a big theme," Chang says. "I just wanted to let the audience see how modern Chinese women...
...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...