Under the Veil
Seen it?2015 | 1 seasons | 45 min | Drama
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a small audience and a quick end and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who loves a strong character drama.
- The mood
- Thoughtful and character-driven.
- The pace
- 1 season: a few weeks of evenings, episodes of about 45 minutes, about 15 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- It's in Cantonese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
The drama is told in three separate folklore stories about love, lust, vanity, greed and selfishness. {Changing Pins} - Male and female fraternal twins fall in love with different men with the same appearance. The older male twin has an homosexual affair with a Prince of the Liao Kingdom, while the female twin falls in love with a poor scholar. {Judge Lu} - A poor scholar has an affair with a courtesan that resembles his wife. {Chasing Fish} - A scholar becomes the object of affection to a fish spirit and human girl with the face.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsBelow par
1 win and 14 nominations from smaller awards and festivals
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Ran for 1 season and reached a small audience so far; interest faded quickly after launch
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 3K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
- Wayne Lai Yiu-cheung
- Bosco Wong Chung-chak
- Kristal Tin Yui-nei
- Eliza Sam
- Sonija Kwok Sin-Nae
- Raymond Wong Ho-yin
- Katy Kung
- Raymond Chiu
- Joyce Koi
- Joseph Lee Kwok-Lun