She Starts the Fire

Sep 17, 1992

1h 27m

★ 6.8

Overview

A fish-out-of-water comedy where the fish can set people on fire! Wendy (Chingmy Yau) arrives in Hong Kong to stay with her aunt Big Beer (Deannie Ip), who shares a space with her landlord Charles (Lawrence Cheng). There’s just one problem: Wendy can set things on fire with her mind. Her pyrokinetic powers are accompanied with some bad luck, so the victim usually gets a double whammy of charred flesh and misfortune.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Fantasy

Production Companies

Jing's Production Limited

She Starts the Fire Trailers

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Cast

Wendy

Chingmy Yau Suk-Ching

Charles Xiao

Lawrence Cheng Tan-Shui

Big Beer

Deanie Ip

Tracy Xiao

Carol Cheng

Guo Li / Kwok Lap

Paul Chu Kong

Master Chu Tian Ya / Chor Tin-Ngai

Michael Lai Siu-Tin

Charles' Colleague

Manfred Wong Man-Chun

Brother Cannon

Peter Lai Bei-Dak

Brother Bao

John Ching Tung

May Lo

Vindy Chan Wai-Yee

Blackjack Dealer

Kingdom Yuen King-Tan

Beast Bill

Lee Siu-Kay

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