The Touch
The Touch is a 2002 martial arts film directed by Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon cinematographer Peter Pau and starring Michelle Yeoh, Ben Chaplin and Richard Roxburgh. A Hong Kong-Chinese-Taiwanese co-production, the film was created by China Film Co-production Corporation, Han Entertainment, Mythical Films, Aruze, Pandasia Entertainment and Tianjan Studios.
Plot
The Touch tells the story of a Chinese family of martial artists and acrobats who have been performing for many generations. The family are, in secret, guardians of a holy treasure accessible only by a spectacular jump which, to everyone else, is impossible to perform.
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| author | Julien Carbon Laurent Courtiaud |
|---|---|
| director | Peter Pau |
| genre | action |
| keywords | acrobat acrobatics booby trap buddhist temple bury kidnap martial artist master thief trap treasure hunter |
| musicBy | Basil Poledouris |
| nomination | International Submission to the Academy Awards |
| producer | Michelle Yeoh |
| publisher | Gala Film Distribution |
| recordedAt | Hong Kong |
| theme | martial arts |