Three Husbands
Three Husbands poster
Simplified Chinese三夫
Hanyu PinyinSanfu
Directed byFruit Chan
Screenplay byFruit Chan
Jason Lam Kee To
Produced byFruit Chan
Doris Yang
Sammi Chan
Chan Wai Keung
StarringZeng Meihuizi[1]
Peter Chan
CinematographyBenny Chan Ka Shun
Edited bySup Fat Tin
Music byChan Chi Yeung
Nip Kei Wing
Release dates
Running time
101 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese

Three Husbands (Chinese: 三夫) is a 2018 Hong Kong film directed by Fruit Chan, starring Zeng Meihuizi and Peter Chan. It is the last instalment of his "Prostitute trilogy" which Chan directed from 2000 to 2018. The other two movies in the trilogy are Durian Durian (Qin Hailu as lead actress, 2000) and Hollywood Hong Kong (Zhou Xun as lead actress, 2001).[2][3][4] The three lead actresses starring in his "Prostitute trilogy" were nominated as Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress for their respective role in a film of the trilogy, and Qin Hailu won the award for her role in Durian Durian.

The film premiered at the 31st Tokyo International Film Festival on 26 October 2018.[5]

Plot

In her boldest performance yet, Zeng Meihuizi stars as a woman who lives on the sea with her three husbands. With an overactive libido, she heartily devotes herself to her work as a prostitute. As in the trilogy's two previous films, Chan uses the world's oldest profession to satirise the state of contemporary Hong Kong.

Cast

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 40% based on five reviews, with an average rating of 4.5/10.[6]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipients Result
2018 55th Golden Horse Awards Best Leading Actress Chloe Maayan Nominated
31st Tokyo International Film Festival Grand Prix Three Husbands (directed by Fruit Chan) Nominated
2019 13th Asian Film Awards Best Actress Chloe Maayan Nominated
Best Director Fruit Chan Nominated
Best Newcomer Peter Chan Nominated
25th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award Best Film Three Husbands Won
Best Director Fruit Chan Won
Best Actress Chloe Maayan Won
Best Screenwriter Fruit Chan, Lam Kei-to Nominated
38th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Films Three Husbands Nominated
Best Director Fruit Chan Nominated
Best Actress Chloe Maayan Won
Best New Performer Peter Chan Nominated

References

  1. ^ "曾美慧孜(豆瓣) - 电影". movie.douban.com. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  2. ^ Collin, Robbie (29 October 2018). "Three Husbands review: a grotty, exasperating, and deeply unsatisfying superhuman sex comedy". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  3. ^ Ward, Sarah. "'Three Husbands': Tokyo Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  4. ^ Kuipers, Richard (2 November 2018). "Tokyo Film Review: 'Three Husbands'". Variety. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  5. ^ "【Three Husbands】 31st Tokyo International Film Festival". 2018.tiff-jp.net. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Three Husbands". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 30 October 2021.

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Films directed by Fruit Chan
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