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MADE IN HONG KONG 香港製造
4K Restoration
1997 | 1hr 33min | In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles | Dir Fruit Chan
Description
An honest-to-god manifesto of independent film, shot at low cost with non-professional actors in authentic locations, Made in Hong Kong tells the story of Moon (the sexy Sam Lee), a small-time thug who has dropped out of school and lives in the pay of a local mobster. Doomed and yet naively in search of a way out, he spends his pointless, violent life with Sylvester, his mentally retarded friend, and one day falls in love with Ping, a girl with a terminal illness. And that's all it takes to trigger the perfect fatal storm…
Director’s Bio
Born and bred in Hong Kong, Fruit Chan (1959) joined the cinema industry as an assistant director in the early eighties, and directed his first feature film, Finale in Blood, in 1993, followed by Made in Hong Kong (1997). Subsequently he received critical and public acclaim for films like The Longest Summer (1998), Durian, Durian (2000), Hollywood Hong Kong (2002) and Dumplings: Three... Extremes (2004). In recent years he has been active as a producer and director of short films and directed the popular science-fiction film The Midnight After (2014).
Screening Time
LOS ANGELES
Saturday, April 29, 2023, 7:30 PM
Starlight Whittier Village Cinemas
Pre-Featured Short (Los Angeles only)
BLUE HOUR
2020 | 12min | In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles | Dir Sam Ip
Synopsis:
11th June, 2019: a food delivery driver’s first night on the job. Kaho is a single father working part-time after hours. Faced with an unfamiliar interface, his 11 year-old son Sixo takes the lead: a hard reflection on tech advancement, or simply a man who just can’t keep up with the times? One motorcycle and two food deliverers complete their orders through mishaps, and end up lost as the long night wears on. At the end of the shift, father and son meet again to a sky ready for a new day, as they brave their next destination on the highway.
Pre-Featured Short (Los Angeles only)
The Outlanders - From HKG to SEA
2020 | 11min | In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles | Dir Azure Kwok
Synopsis:
After the 2019 Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement in Hong Kong, a young Hongkonger chose to leave her hometown and made her way to Seattle. She talks about how this decision marked a pivotal turning point in her life.