Mad Detective

Aka: Sun Taam / Godly Detective
Director: Johnnie To and Ka-Fai Wai
Release date: 2007
Language: Cantonese
Subtitle: English (Hard-subbed)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Starring:
Lau Ching-Wan as Inspector Chan Kwai-Bun
Andy On as Inspector Ho Ka-On
Lam Ka-Tung as Officer Ko Chi-Wai
Kelly Lin as May Cheung
Flora Chan as May Cheung (in Bun's eyes)
Lee Kwok-Lun as Officer Wong Kwok-Chu
Jo Kuk as Cunning Woman/Ho's Inner Personality
Jay Lau as Calculating Woman/Ko's Inner Personality
Lam Suet as Fatso
Cheung Siu-Fai as the Violent Man
Eddy Ko as Retiring Police Chief

Synopsis:
When a missing detective’s gun is implicated in a recent series of heists and murders, a hot shot inspector HO (Andy On) seeks out his former boss, BUN (Lau Ching Wan), a gifted criminal profiler now living in seclusion with his wife MAY (Kelly Lin). Bun has a truly unique gift: he can see the inner personalities of the people he meets. As Bun travels further into the psychosis of a prime suspect his unorthodox approach begins to wear on Hos mind. What begins as a quest for answers has now taken a schizophrenic turn where truth and lies, reality and delusions intertwine…
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Curiosities:
Tagline: I can see a person's inner personality.

Awards:
Asian Film Awards: Best Screenwriter: Ka-Fai Wai and Kin-Yee Au
Hong Kong Film Awards: Best Screenplay: Ka-Fai Wai and Kin-Yee Au
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards:
Best Screenplay: Ka-Fai Wai and Kin-Yee Au
Film of Merit
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival: Orient Express Award - Special Mention: Johnnie To and Ka-Fai Wai

Award Nominations:
Hong Kong Film Awards:
Best Actor: Ching Wan Lau
Best Cinematography: Siu-keung Cheng
Best Costume Design and Make Up Design: Stanley Cheung
Best Director: Johnnie To and Ka-Fai Wai
Best Film Editing: Tina Baz
Best Picture: Johnnie To and Ka-Fai Wai
Best Visual Effects: Raymond Man
Venice Film Festival: Golden Lion: Johnnie To and Ka-fai Wai

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