The melancholy Candy runs the Half Mortal, a trendy bar in Hong Kong. She hires Paul; Stella, a part-time employee who's a college student in psychology, trains him. He has a gift for mixing the perfect drink to fit each customer's emotional needs. His own emotions, however, are complex: his father, an alcoholic, has died recently; he's abandoned his studies; and, although he's likes Stella, he's a tyro with women and inarticulate with her. Is alcohol the key to happiness, as Paul wonders; does it simply change peoples' personality, as Stella thinks; or, is it just there, as Candy's business sense tells her? Can Paul and Stella blend into something smooth?
Bobo Chan Man-Yuen
Macy
Chloe Chiu
Yuki
Endy Chow
Paul
Eric Kot Man-Fai
Tong
Johnson Lee Sze-Chit
John
Anson Leung Chun-Yat
Yat
Patrick Tang Kin-Wang
Kin-wang Tang
Derek Tsang Kwok-Cheung
Kuen
Monnie Tung
Fei
Race Wong
Stella
Cocktail is a drama, romance film released in 2006. Directed by Herman Yau, it stars Bobo Chan Man-Yuen, Chloe Chiu, Endy Chow. The melancholy Candy runs the Half Mortal, a trendy bar in Hong Kong. She hires Paul; Stella, a part-time employee who's a college student in psychology, trains him. He has a gift for mixing the perfect drink to fit each customer's emotional needs. His own emotions, however, are complex: his father, an alcoholic, has died recently; he's abandoned his studies; and, although he's likes Stella, he's a tyro with women and inarticulate with her. Is alcohol the key to happiness, as Paul wonders; does it simply change peoples' personality, as Stella thinks; or, is it just there, as Candy's business sense tells her? Can Paul and Stella blend into something smooth?
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