Midnight Whispers

1988 1h 36m CN

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9.0

MASTERPIECE

★9.0TMDB · 1

Drama

Synopsis

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Midnight Whisper is a radio talk show in which listeners call in to discuss their lives. One evening a gentleman calls in to say that he has been in love with a woman for a very long time – but that his love seems hopeless – she has become the mistress of another man for the love of her daughter. The daughter then calls in to say that the man is lying and that her mother is a terrible woman. Finally, the next day the distraught mother calls in to tell her story. Kung fu diva Moon Lee Choi-fung star in this rare melodramatic turn as Lee Siu-hong, a troubled Mainland Chinese lass who runs away from home to become a Hong Kong prostitute. As her desperate mother (Josephine Koo Mei-wah) scours the colony's pleasure quarters, we see flashbacks of the girl's unfortunate past.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Pamela Pak
Moon Lee
Hong
Josephine Koo Mei-Wah
Hua
Prudence Liew Mei-Kwan
Ng Man-Ling
Chui Sau-Lai
Mama Hung
Hua's mother-in-law
Ng Hoi-Tin

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Michael Mak Tong-Kit
Writers: Stephen Shiu Yeuk-Yuen, Johnny Mak Tong-Hung
Languages: Cantonese
Countries: Hong Kong

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ERA

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

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Michael Mak Tong-Kit, shot by Cheung Tak-Wai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Joseph Chan Wing-Leung. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Pamela Pak and Moon Lee and Josephine Koo Mei-Wah carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0121423 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Michael Mak Tong-Kit directs. Cheung Tak-Wai behind the camera. Joseph Chan Wing-Leung scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Hong Kong. Dialogue in Cantonese.

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138 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Michael Mak Tong-Kit, shot by Cheung Tak-Wai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Joseph Chan Wing-Leung. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Pamela Pak and Moon Lee and Josephine Koo Mei-Wah carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0121423 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.