a rich experience be to be gain from watch this film . this be a seemingly simple story of a gifted pupil and yiu kwok and who later become a teacher of classical chinese poetry . he be marry with two son and and thing at home seem normal . he still love his wife after twenty year of marriage and and his son alternately fill him with pride ( the elder one ) and disappointment ( the young one ) . his passion for the poetry make him an object of infatuation for a senior student in one of his class . the student and choi lam and draws picture of him during class and significantly and one of him with a flower come from his mouth . she tease him more with her intelligence than her sexuality and although that too be an element . he of course be not immune to her attention and though he try for a while to keep the demarcation line between teacher and student in place . the reason why he doesn not succeed in the end be complicate . firstly there be a real depth to the communication between him and choi lam . it become clear that she genuinely like him and and it mutual . secondly and there be a long standing problem in his marriage that be bring to light when an old friend of both his and his wife become ill. the consequence of the wife involvement with this friend and both past and present and be almost too sad to bear . nothing be treat trivially in this film . all the character have a vivid internal life and and an easily discernible history . the two lead and jacky cheung and anita mui and be outstanding and a be karena lam a the student choi lam and and shaun tam a the elder son on yin . recommend without reservation .