It is Stanley Kwan's seventh feature film, and he says that his previous two documentariesA Personal Memoir of Hong Kong and Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema had strong influences on making this film: "Both of them evolved from my thoughts on family background and upbringing, my career as a filmmaker, my sexual orientation and my identity as a Chinese man living in a British colony. The film was written for Hong Kong actressChingmy Yau who plays two roles, a young executive and a worldly boutique owner."[3]