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Don't Go Breaking My Heart

Don't Go Breaking My Heart

Don't Go Breaking My Heart is a 2011 Hong Kong-Chinese romantic comedy film directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai, making this the twelfth film they have collaborated on together. The film stars Louis Koo, Daniel Wu and Gao Yuanyuan. The film opened the 35th Hong Kong International Film Festival on 20 March 2011. It was then released theatrically in Hong Kong on 31 March 2011.

Plot

Chi-yan (Gao Yuanyuan) is an analyst who has recently broken up with her boyfriend and is holding onto many of his belongings, including his pet frog. She meets her ex on a bus and attempts to arrange for him to collect his belongings, but his new girlfriend, upset at her boyfriend seeing another woman, forces Chi-yan off the bus. Now walking, she drops papers in the road and an alcoholic passerby (Daniel Wu) helps her pick them up. She arrives at work and presents a report on an imminent financial crash. After work, she meets the passerby again at a liquor store, and offers him her ex's wine samples. Over the following nights, Chi-yan gives the passerby all of her ex's belongings; he sells them and encourages Chi-yan to spend the proceeds on herself. He takes the frog as a pet. They agree to meet again the next week, when he will show her his work as an architect; Chi-yan implores him not to drink until then.