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(Synopsis)
A detective helps a friend investigate the mysterious death of his father.
*SPOILERS*
Confession of Pain is much like the acclaimed Infernal Affair. Tony is detective Hei for the Hong Kong police force, Homicide department, and Takeshi (as Bong) is his colleague. The film begins with a routine investigation of a homicide case, trailing a suspect that is involved in a serial raping case. After the suspect hops in a taxi with a female companion from a bar during a Christmas celebration, the audience is able to enjoy an excellent choreography of car tailing, with careful art direction of scene shots.
The heartbreaker occurs after the crime investigation, with Bong returning home in the morning and finds his girlfriend asleep in bed. At the start of the film, Bong had a causal conversation with Hei about the stale relationship – mostly due to his insensitivity, unable to feel the passion to love his beloved. After some reflection, he steals a kiss and was horrific by her cold lips. Upon turning over the bed covers, he was shocked to find her wrists, both slash. The next scene jumps to the hospital when he realized his love was gone forever.
The film fast-forward three years to 2006, where Bong had left the police force, striking out on his own as a private investigator, and also an alcoholic. Hei remains good friends with Bong, meeting up occasionally, and is married to Susan. Bong is still brooding over the lost of his love, drowning his pain through the many glasses of hard liquor – which he once detested – and conducting his own investigation on the motive of his love's suicide.
Director
Andrew Lau Wai Keung
Alan Mak Siu Fai
Script
Felix Chong
Cast
Chan Bo-yuan
Chapman To
Monie Tung
Shaun Tam
Shu Qi
Takeshi Kaneshiro
Toby Leung
Tony Leung Chiu Wai
Wan Yeung Ming
Wayne Lai Yiu-Cheung
Wong Emme
Xu Jinglei
Yueh Hua
Publisher : HKV
Audio : Cantonese (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Video : WideScreen
Subtitles : English/Chinese
Running Time : 111mins
Release Year : 2006
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