L’heure d’été Hong Kong : Made in Hong Kong – Cinema Galeries

L’heure d’été Hong Kong : Made in Hong Kong

Directed byFruit Chan
  • ORIGINAL LANGUAGE ZH
  • SUBTITLES FR/EN
  • COUNTRY China
  • movie_detail_year 1997
  • Duration 109
  • Prices 9.50 €, 7.50 €, 6.50 €, 6.00 €
  • Moderator ticket Article 27, Ticket Last Minute
  • Abonnement Carte 5 places Cinema Galeries, UGC Unlimited, Cineville Pass

Introducing

Shot a few months before Hong Kong joined China, director Fruit Chan’s third film angrily conveys the sense of urgency in a society with an uncertain future.

Restored version

Synopsis

Autumn Moon is a young, go-nowhere triad whose self-regard far outstrips his talents or accomplishments. While working as a debt collec­tor, Moon meets feisty teen Ping, who suffers from renal failure and needs a kidney transplant, though her chances of receiving one are slim. Nevertheless, Moon falls for Ping and idealistically resolves to improve himself and become her ‘saviour.’ But that goal may be futile for someone of Moon’s station and temperament.

Introducing

Shot a few months before Hong Kong joined China, director Fruit Chan’s third film angrily conveys the sense of urgency in a society with an uncertain future.

Restored version

Synopsis

Autumn Moon is a young, go-nowhere triad whose self-regard far outstrips his talents or accomplishments. While working as a debt collec­tor, Moon meets feisty teen Ping, who suffers from renal failure and needs a kidney transplant, though her chances of receiving one are slim. Nevertheless, Moon falls for Ping and idealistically resolves to improve himself and become her ‘saviour.’ But that goal may be futile for someone of Moon’s station and temperament.

The screening will be introduced by Kristof Van den Troost, assistant Professor at the Centre for China Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He has published on Chinese and Hong Kong cinema in academic journals such as Screen, Asian Cinema and Asian Education and Development Studies, and in several edited volumes. His first monograph, Hong Kong Crime Films: Criminal Realism, Censorship and Society, 1947-1986, was published by Edinburgh University Press in late 2023.