Anita (2021 film)

Anita (Chinese: 梅艷芳) is a 2021 Hong Kong biographical musical drama film about Cantopop star Anita Mui directed by Longman Leung, with a script written by Leung and Jack Ng. Louise Wong, in her screen role debut, stars as the titular singer, depicting her life from childhood until her last moments before her death of cervical cancer in 2003. The film features an ensemble cast, including Fish Liew, Gordon Lam and Louis Koo in supporting roles.

Anita
Theatrical release poster
梅艷芳
Directed byLongman Leung
Written by
Based onAnita Mui
Produced by
  • Bill Kong
  • Ivy Ho
  • Tang Wai-but
Starring
CinematographyAnthony Pun
Edited by
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byEdko Films (HK)
Sony Pictures Releasing International (Asia)
Release date
  • 12 November 2021 (2021-11-12)
Running time
140 minutes
CountriesHong Kong
China
LanguageCantonese
Box officeUS$18.5 million

Production of the biopic began in the 2010s when Bill Kong, president of Edko Films, initiated the project to commemorate Mui's legacy. Leung signed on the project and took over a year to write the script with Ng, as well as finalize the cast. Principal photography took place in 2018.

Although its initial 2020 release date was delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic, Anita was released in Hong Kong on 12 November 2021, followed by some Southeast Asia countries in the same month. The film received mixed to positive reviews, and made its HK$12M box-office debut with previous preview screenings.

An extended director's cut, featuring 1 hour of extra footage, was released digitally as five-episode miniseries on Disney+ through Star starting from 2 February 2022.

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