| Love in the Buff | |
| Director: | Pang Ho-cheung |
| Producer: | John Chong |
| Starring: | Miriam Yeung Shawn Yue Xu Zheng Yang Mi Vincent Kok |
| Studio: | Media Asia Films |
| Distributor: | Media Asia Films |
| Runtime: | 111 minutes |
| Country: | Hong Kong |
| Language: | Cantonese Mandarin |
| Gross: | US$3.6 million[1] |
Love in the Buff is a 2012 Hong Kong romantic comedy film directed by Pang Ho-cheung and starring Miriam Yeung and Shawn Yue. It is the sequel to the 2010 film Love in a Puff.
Principal photography began in mid-July 2011 at Hong Kong and was later moved to Beijing in early August, before finally wrapping up 30 August 2011. The film was released on 29 March 2012 in Hong Kong. It won the Audience Award in the competition section of the Osaka Asian Film Festival in 2013.[2]
For her performance in the film, Miriam Yeung won the Best Actress award at the 32nd Hong Kong Film Awards.[3]
A third installment, Love Off the Cuff, was released on April 27, 2017.
Five months after the events in Love in a Puff, Jimmy and Cherie are currently living together. Jimmy is under much stress, working long hours. His previous boss, now working in Beijing, asks him to move there to work for him. Jimmy's commitment to his job and the decision to move to Beijing cause a rift in his relationship with Cherie. Eventually, they break up and he moves to Beijing.
On one of his business trips, he meets a flight attendant, You-you Shang, and they develop a romantic relationship.
Six months later, Cherie is also transferred to Beijing by her company. The two meet by chance but at this time, Cherie is also seeing a responsible and down-to-earth businessman, Sam. Jimmy and Cherie start to cheat behind Sam's and You-you's backs. Initially, they both have a good time going on a few dates, but soon Cherie wants more than the status quo. She breaks it off with Jimmy a second time. This time however, Jimmy decides to end his relationship with You-you and tries to win back Cherie, and in the end, succeeds.
As of 3 April 2012, Love in the Buff has scored an 89% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[4]
After 4 days of its initial release in Hong Kong, the film has earned HK$9,301,112 in the box office and was no. 1 on the weekend of 31 March to 1 April at the Hong Kong box office.[5]
Shawn Yue's re-enactment of Linda Wong's '90s hit song "Don't Ask Who I Am" was shown along with the closing credits. In the video, Yue dressed very closely as Wong, as well as mimicked Wong's facial expressions and gestures in the original video. This video has gone viral on social networking sites. http://www.scmp.com/article/997471/love-buff-star-gets-goose-bumps-watching-his-cross-dressing-video
A Love in the Buff original soundtrack was released on 30 March 2012.
Track listing: