Directed by Jay Chou, starring Lun-Mei Kwai, Jay Chou and Anthony Wong
In a distant memory, separated by space and time, lies beneath the music of nature, a budding love blooms after a morning rain and a bicycle ride. Love comes so naturally for the two main characters, they seem to just "fall" in love, so seamlessly. The subtlety approach to young love and the chemistry between the two are some of the elements that make the film work. You tend to fore go the believability of the other driving factors to the story - space and time. Of course, the most captivating part for me would be the music. It reminds me a lot about the feelings it evoke whenever I watch those Japanese films. Some of my favourite moments in the film would be to see Jay Chou plays the piano. How I wish I could play as well as him. Anthony's acting skills sharpen as he ages, pretty good as the 
father but his character falls short towards the end, it did not seem to have a closure for him. Most definitely, Lun-Mei stole the whole show as this innocent, vulnerable yet refreshing girl who can't help but to fall in love with the illusion of a missing love, thrown into the deepest end of the universe, only to be united in two separate worlds of spirit and mind. Beautiful landscapes, layered over great cinematography and music, weaved together this tragic love story of what love could have been when all of us were once that young and naive towards the notion of love. Love it for what it is, no more, no less.
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