It is war between the sexes and the weapons seem to be razor-sharp wit, brute machismo and lethal beauty. But, wait, the men are turning into boys and the women are turning into men!
Who really are the “men” and “women” in this battle? Who will succumb first to love? And who will be the most brutal to achieve victory at all costs?In Man and Woman, War and Peace, the practice of love becomes a complex battlefield in which a multitude of conventionally male, typically female and androgynous characters, played by six actors and six actresses, in two competing TV shows about relationships, show you how they recruit an army for their cause and fight to win.
Featuring Taiwanese idol Ariel Lin, multi-faceted Taiwanese actor David Wang (also in Lam’s previous productions, What is Man and Design for Living), and renowned Hong Kong music producer and Cantopop star Denise Ho among its famous, young cast and crew, Man and Woman, War and Peace is acclaimed Hong Kong director Edward Lam’s latest theatre production – a fast-paced, sharply witty urban play about the perennial love/hate relationship between the sexes, but minus the clichés, and with a twist.
下世纪预言——男人将变回男孩，女人将成为男人。
爱情，将从此消失！一出爱不厌诈斗不嫌倦的现代都会舞台剧, 香港名导演林奕华另一全新佳作，由台湾型男王耀庆、偶像剧小天后林依晨，以及香港唱作音乐人何韵诗主演。
In 1970s Hong Kong, rapacious landlords try to evict 72 tenants but sworn brothers Ha Kung (Eric Tsang) and Shek Kin (Jacky Cheung) help the group of 72 defeat the landlord (Lam Ka Tung) and landlady (Charmaine Sheh) and coincidentally rescue Pinky (Anita Yuen) from a planned forced marriage. When both sworn brothers fall for Pinky and propose to her, she flips a coin heads or tails and Ha wins her hand in marriage.
The sworn brothers become sworn enemies and Sheks hatred fuels intense rivalry against Ha in business dealings ranging from the manufacture of plastic flowers to the selling of stinky bean curd. Even after 40 years they continue to clash and in 2010 they are in keen competition selling electronics appliances in Sai Yeung Choi Street, Mongkok, the busiest street in the city and still home to the 72 tenants. [Full synopsis]
