Secret (2007 film)

• Jay Chou Ye Xianglun
• Kwai Lun -mei Lu Xiaoyu
• Anthony Wong Chau -Sang: Xiangluns father
• Alice Tzeng: Qing Yi
• Devon Song: Abao
• Yuhao Zhan Yu Hao

Secret (Chinese不能 说 的 秘密/不能 说 的 秘密, Pinyin Bùnéng shuo de mimi ) is a Taiwanese Love / Fantasy film from the year 2007. Jay Chou was in his debut as a director and screenwriter, and also played the lead role as well as a large part of the music.

The film was a huge success in Asia and is known in the West, especially among classical or piano fans.

Action

The student Ye Xianglun, a gifted pianist who lives with his father, goes to a new school. On the first day he hears in the music wing of the house, a mysterious piano melody, which he pursues and which leads him to another piano student, Lu Xiaoyu. When he asks for the title of the piece, she explains that this is a secret. The two slowly become friends, but Xianglun soon realizes that the girl must be an element of mystery. It takes a long time until he finds out that Xiaoyu has traveled on the old school wing from 1979 to the present by the play of a particular piece and can be seen only by himself, the first met her ...

Awards (selection)

27th Hong Kong Film Awards

• Nominated: Best Asian Film

44th Golden Horse Awards

• Won: Best Original Film Song ( Vincent Fang, Jay Chou )
• Won: Best Visual Effects (Victor Wong, Eddy Wong, Yiu Ming Cheung, Donnie Lai )
• Won: Outstanding Taiwanese film of the Year
• Nominated: Best Supporting Actress (Alice Tzeng )
• Nominated: Best Original Film Score ( Terdsak Janpan Jay Chou )
• Nominated: Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year (Jay Chou )

Trivia

• Jay Chou dedicated the film to his favorite composer Chopin and used two of his pieces in the film, most of the other pieces he composed himself Furthermore, we repeatedly see images of the composer.
• In an interview, Jay Chou has already expressed about a possible sequel.