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RUNTIME
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Tight 35-minute runtime β shorter than most television pilots.
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Bric-a-Brac
2024 0h 35m CN
DramaFamily
Synopsis
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Siu, in her seventies, once again endures cruel and unreasonable threats and abuse from her son at home. Having endured it all her life, she determined to push the old sofa that should have been discarded long ago out of her home.
βSome stories are better left unspoiled.β
Cast
Alice Fung So-Bor
Auntie Siu
Eric Kot Man-Fai
Lam Yiu-Sing
Sham Ka-Ki
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Gorretti Mak Yan-Yan
- Writers
- Gorretti Mak Yan-Yan, Jason Lam Chak-Ming
- Languages
- Cantonese
- Countries
- Hong Kong
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ERA
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Released 2 years ago.
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RUNTIME
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Lean credit list β fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Gorretti Mak Yan-Yan, shot by Meteor Cheung. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Gorretti Mak Yan-Yan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Alice Fung So-Bor and Eric Kot Man-Fai and Lam Yiu-Sing carry the top of the cast.
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The take
Gorretti Mak Yan-Yan directs. Meteor Cheung behind the camera. Gorretti Mak Yan-Yan cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Hong Kong. Dialogue in Cantonese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 35-minute runtime β shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Released 2 years ago.
- 3Lean credit list β fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Gorretti Mak Yan-Yan, shot by Meteor Cheung. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Editor Gorretti Mak Yan-Yan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Alice Fung So-Bor and Eric Kot Man-Fai and Lam Yiu-Sing carry the top of the cast.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Meteor Cheung
- Editing
- Gorretti Mak Yan-Yan
- Sound
- Bone Chan Chi-Fung
- Runtime
- 35 min Β· 0h 35m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- CN
Also by
Gorretti Mak Yan-Yan
Trailers & featurettes
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Production companies
Who made it
School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
HK
Key crew
- Production ManagerJomin Chan
- Additional CameraNoah Wong
- Art DirectionCeci Fok Pui-Si
- Post Production SupervisorKen Hui
- ColoristGrace Lee Tsz-Ching
- Sound DesignerBone Chan Chi-Fung
- Graphic DesignerStephen Tsui Sin-Tsang
- EditorGorretti Mak Yan-Yan
- Executive ProducerJacqueline Liu Yuen-Hung
- ProducerGorretti Mak Yan-Yan
- ProducerJomin Chan
Release history Β· US
When it landed
- Premiere2024-06-15Β· Hong Kong Art Centre
