Midnight Fly

2001 1h 50m CN

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8.0

BANGER

★8.0TMDB · 4

Drama

Synopsis

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Michelle is a middle-aged Hong Kong woman who decides to take a trip to Southern France in order to find some inner resolution about her unhappy marriage. While touring the rainy country with a fairly depressing tour group, she befriends Miki, a quirky young Japanese woman who seems to have some problems of her own. After the end of the tour, the two women decide to extend their vacation by travelling to Morocco but things go horribly wrong when Miki is kidnapped by a modern slave-trader…

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Anita Mui Yim-Fong
Michelle
Risa Junna
Miki Harada
Shaun Tam Chun-Yin
Mike
Simon Yam
Dr. Tong
Cherif Ezzeldin
Paul
Mohamed El Habib Ahamdane
Joe
Fred Challa
John

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jacob Cheung Chi-Leung
Writers: Tang Tsz-Chun
Languages: Cantonese, Arabic
Countries: Hong Kong

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ERA

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25 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 7

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Cantonese, Arabic.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Shigeru Umebayashi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Anita Mui Yim-Fong and Risa Junna and Shaun Tam Chun-Yin carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0300197 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Jacob Cheung Chi-Leung directs. Shigeru Umebayashi scores. Produced in Hong Kong. Dialogue in Cantonese, Arabic.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

125 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Cantonese, Arabic.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Original score by Shigeru Umebayashi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Anita Mui Yim-Fong and Risa Junna and Shaun Tam Chun-Yin carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0300197 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.