Chinese movie Perhaps Love, by Hong Kong veteran director Peter Chan, has been selected as the closing film for the upcoming Venice International Film Festival. 

Set in the modern-day Beijing and Shanghai of the 1930s, story of this musical is about a young star and the two men who are in love with her.

The film with a budget of almost  US$ 10 million, stars Chinese mainland actress Zhou Xun, Taiwan idol Takeshi Kaneshiro, Hong Kong veteran Jacky Cheung and South Korean star Ji Jin-hee.

The musical includes six dance sequences, which were choreographed by Vanity Fair's choreographer Farah Khan, according to the director Chan.

The project is also co-produced by André E. Morgan, who was behind many of Bruce Lee's movies and most recently, Million Dollar Baby.

It is scheduled for release on Christmas Day in the United States and Asia.  

(CRI July 28, 2005)