Five thought-provoking shorts imagine what Hong Kong will be like ten years from now. In Extras, two genial low-level gangsters are hired to stage an attack, but they’re mere sacrificial lambs in a political conspiracy. Rebels strive to preserve destroyed homes and objects as specimens in the mesmerizing Season of the End. In Dialect, a taxi driver struggles to adjust after Putonghua displaces Cantonese as Hong Kong’s only official language. Following the death of a leading independence activist, an act of self-immolation outside the British consulate triggers questions and protests in the searing yet moving Self-Immolator. In Local Egg, a grocery shop owner worries about his son’s youth guard activities and where to buy eggs after Hong Kong’s last chicken farm closes down. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 7.1/10 | |
Released: | December 17, 2015 | |
Runtime: | 104 min | |
Genres: | Drama | |
Companies: | Golden Scene | |
Cast: | Peter Chan Catherine Chau Kin-Ping Leung Lau Ho-Chi | |
Crew: | Jevons Au Zune Kwok Chow Kwun-Wai Ka-Leung Ng Fei-Pang Wong | |
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