The Second Woman Page #3

Synopsis: Hui Bao is an actress rehearsing for a performance in a theater play alongside her boyfriend Nan. Falling sick and being unable to perform in the play, her twin sister Hui Xiang replace her as an act of kindness. However, Hui Xiang performs outstandingly eventhough having no drama training. Hui Bao starts to suspect that her twin sister has a romantic interest in her boyfriend, and it drives a wedge between the them.
Director(s): Miu-Suet Lai
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.3
Year:
2012
102 min
101 Views


The night Huixiang disappeared,

Bao didn't go home either.

The day after that I saw her...

I have a hunch...

her forehead had a bruise.

Bao may have something to do...

... with Huixiang's disappearance.

Don't worry.

I'm free in the next few days.

I'll help you to find her.

Waiter!

Coming.

I'm finished. Thank you.

It's nothing.

Nan!

Nan!

Do you have something to tell me?

Is it possible that...

...Huixiang has amnesia?

Finished.

Don't break it up.

Let me take a couple of more photos.

That was quite difficult.

It can't be amnesia.

She had called Mrs. li.

Why did you choose an all-White jigsaw?

You're awesome!

What's all this photographing?

Did you find anything?

This is weird.

You said...

...Huixiang called Mrs. li?

Then she should be fine.

I can only hope so. But...

what?

Nan also mentioned that...

Huixiang had impersonated Bao once in...

...Beijing and replaced Bao in

a performance. She was brilliant, too.

Bao was very upset by that.

I have the full picture now!

It's all jealousy! Women's jealousy.

Jealousy...

it's terrible!

Jealousy kills, don't you know that?

It's very late now.

Do you know Huixiangs whereabouts?

How do I know?

You're right. How would you know.

You miss her?

She's your sister. Of course I do.

She's my sister, that's why you miss her.

I miss her, too.

Did you notice?

Every time we came home,

Huixiang wore this red dress.

Take a look.

Have you had enough?

This is funny?

She was very unstable in every performance.

And the blocking was always wrong.

But there's no denial that...

... Baos getting better and better.

Well, I don't think so.

On the contrary,

I think she's a bad influence to the troupe.

You're too far-Fetched.

No matter what, replace her.

Otherwise...

Ill quit.

Amy...

let me!

Amy!

Li Huiniang, what's my crime?

Jia Sidao!

As prime minister,

you have failed your country.

You're obsessed with

your wives and concubines.

War is imminent,

yet you're not taking any action.

Li Huiniang!

You're insolent!

How dare you insult me?

I'll sentence you to death!

My lord, be merciful!

Sis...

Amy!

Amy! Amy...

get the ambulance, hurry!

Quick, move away!

Get the ambulance, hurry!

Hurry!

Amy!

How is that?

Why are you always so unfocused?

The doctor said it'll at least...

... take a week for her to recover.

Lucky that there's no concussion.

We're running out of time.

What should we do?

She's been following...

... the production for a long time.

Maybe we can let her try.

You did it on purpose today.

What do you mean?

Are you really that eager to perform?

So much so that you'll do whatever you will?

You can say whatever you want.

Zhong!

Come, quick! Something is floating there.

Looks like a body!

Mrs. Lin!

Is Mrs. Lin home?

Mrs. Lin is home.

Who's that?

It's zhong from the police station.

What's the matter?

Uncle tai just found...

... an overcoat on the seaside.

I'd like you to take a look to see...

... if it's yours.

Why is it wet?

It was floating on the sea.

Does this belong to any

member of your family?

No... this isn't Huixiangs.

I've heard Huixiang is not home...

... these past two days.

She had something to take care of.

That'll be fine.

If something happens, do call the police.

We'll deal with it immediately.

I know.

But since Huixiangs family...

...didn't report the case

we're not entitled to do anything.

I understand.

I passed by Huixiangs shop everyday.

It's almost a week that it's been closed.

Isn't there an uncle tai...

... who's very close with her?

Huixiang always chatted with him

at the pier.

He should be having his break...

... at the tea restaurant now.

It's his habit. Never miss a single day.

Old chaps are like that.

Did her sister ask you to look for her?

No, it's nan.

He was here this morning.

Oh?

He asked me for the overcoat.

It's the one uncle tai...

... found on the seaside two days ago.

They thought it was Huixiangs.

We brought it to Huixiangs mom.

But she denied it was hers.

She's very angry.

Isn't that her mom...

I know there is something wrong

with her eyes.

But nan also said the same...

...when he saw it this morning.

That proved her mom was correct.

Uncle tai?

My name is Wang.

I saw you get off the boat.

You have good eyes.

This is my name card.

I heard you found an overcoat

on the seaside.

Yes.

Why are you interested in it?

Nan is my good friend.

I'm tracing something for him.

I know nan.

I told the police about the overcoat.

Nobody cared.

Does it look familiar?

Who have you seen wearing it.

Honestly, Im not sure.

But it's not Huixiangs style.

This Im pretty sure.

But it does look a bit familiar.

Mr.

How are you? What?

Can I ask something?

Anything strange...

...happened here?

I saw Huixiang going to

the pier hurriedly...

...on that morning.

Are you sure it was Huixiang?

I recognized Huixiangs clothes.

Boss.

Is it usually so quiet? Boss?

It's particularly quiet lately.

Why?

It's that old theatre over there...

it's haunted.

You're quick.

You were just inside a second ago.

Everything reminds me of her.

I dreamt that she talked to me.

Huiniang!

The handkerchief...

it was a token of love.

Is it because I look like her that you...

it was my mistake to have loved you.

Peilang!

What's the difference...

... between you and Jia Sidao?

Great!

That's the way it is!

We'll continue tomorrow.

I was rehearsing.

Huixiang?

I'm Bao.

Sorry. I'm wrong again, Bao.

I'll change first.

Excuse me.

I can't locate the cloth Zhaorong wears...

...at the climactic scene.

Sorry... guess we'll fix another time.

Let me find again.

I'll call you for another appointment.

Okay.

I'm really sorry.

You called her Huixiang deliberately, right?

Yup.

You really want to look for clues here?

You think it may upset the people here?

No one in the troupe knows...

...she has a twin sister.

Best avoid that.

I see.

Nan...

...have you found out that the...

...overcoat the police discovered was Baos?

Why didn't you tell me?

Me and Huixiang...

I see.

Are you suspecting the same?

I can't believe Huixiang

could have killed Bao.

You said you saw Bao holding...

...Huixiangs hairpin?

I know now!

The one you saw isn't Bao. She's Huixiang.

Huixiang was passing herself off as Bao.

I had thought so, too.

But...

there's something weird.

Nan got confused, too.

He can't differentiate...

... between Huixiang and Bao.

If Huixiang really passes

herself off as Bao...

...he should have recognized.

After all, they've been together

for some time.

Have a DNA examination!

Just a few thousand bucks.

So simple.

DNA of twins are identical.

It doesn't work.

This leaves only the fingerprints.

Do it, then.

It's not easy.

We need to have the fingerprints...

... of both persons for comparison.

It'll end up to nothing.

Are we stuck?

I've got it!

It's time for my entrance.

Brother nan.

What are you doing here?

It's about Huixiangs disappearance.

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