Metade Fumaca

Leopard ($$ID=Eric Tsang$$), a triad hitman diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, escapes from Brazil to return to Hong Kong with a bag full of American currency, a portrait and a cigarette box containing an unfinished cigarette (the film's title in Portuguese). His aim? To look for his old love, the woman in the portrait ($$ID=Shu Qi$$)

He enlists the help of inner city youngster Smokey (($$ID=Nicholas Tse$$). Smokey's mother is a prostitute who wanders around Temple Street awaiting the return of her child's father, a man she has met only once, but who she remembers to be a policeman. In a case of history repeating itself, Smokey falls for a pretty lady cop. In time, Leopard and Smokey develop a father-son relationship, he becomes the sonless father to his fatherless son. The movie exudes a nostalgic charm, particularly in the flashbacks, depicting the young Leopard that his older self (now memory impaired) tries to recollect through the one remaining clue, the unfinished cigarette. Eric Tsang gives a credible performance as the triad enforcer on his last legs, reminiscent of his role in "Comrades, Almost A Love Story". Nicholas Tse, his real-life rebellious persona in stride, is well cast as the lost, streetsmart youth. Although Shu Qi only appears briefly, she delivers some breathtaking performances.