Made in Hong Kong (film)

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Made in Hong Kong
Made in hong kong poster.jpg
Chinese香港製造
Directed byFruit Chan
Written byFruit Chan
Produced byAndy Lau
StarringSam Lee


Cinematography
Music by
Release date
  • 9 October 1997 (1997-10-09) (Hong Kong)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box office$17,255[1]

Made in Hong Kong (香港製造) is a 1997 Hong Kong drama film written and directed by Fruit Chan, executive produced and produced by Andy Lau and starring Sam Lee, , , and . It won the Best Picture Award at the 1998 Hong Kong Film Awards along with 13 other wins and 6 nominations. The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 71st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2][3]

Much of the film is set in subsidised housing projects, which Chan considered to be 'a very Hong Kong thing' due to the high population density of the region.[4] Though the film is sometimes regarded as a response to the 1997 Hong Kong handover, Chan feels that Made in Hong Kong can also be viewed as a character-driven drama that reflects the lifestyle of many young Hong Kong people at the time.[4]

The film was made using leftover film reels and therefore had very low production costs, even for an independent movie.[citation needed]

Plot[]

The narrator, Autumn Moon, is a high school drop-out whose father has abandoned his family for his mistress. He has nightmares about a classmate who committed suicide. Moon works with his friend, Sylvester, as a debt collector for a Triad member and falls for Ping, the daughter of a debtor. She has a fatal kidney disease, so the teenager accepts an assassination contract to pay her medical fees. When Ping dies, Moon decides to take revenge on the world.

Cast and roles[]

  • Sam Lee - To Chung-Chau, 'Moon'
  • Neiky Yim Hui-Chi - Lam Yuk-Ping, 'Ping'
  • Wenders Li - Ah-Lung, 'Sylvester' (credited as Wenbers Li Tung-Chuen)
  • Amy Tam Ka-Chuen - Hui Bo San, 'Susan'
  • Carol Lam Kit-Fong - Mrs. Lam, Ping's mother
  • Doris Chow Yan-Wah - Mrs. To, Moon's mother
  • Siu Chung - Ms. Lee, social worker
  • Chan Tat-Yee - Fat Chan
  • Wu Wai-Chung - Keung
  • Sang Chan - 'Big Brother', Cheung Siu-Wing
  • Kelvin Chung - Doctor
  • Ah Ting - Moon's father
  • Jessica - Moon's father's current wife
  • - Assassin on skateboard
  • - Male student

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Made in Hong Kong (2020 re-release)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  2. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  3. ^ "45 Countries Submit Films for Oscar Consideration". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 19 November 1998. Archived from the original on 19 February 1999. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Interview: Fruit Chan, 20 Years On from Made in Hong Kong". FilmDoo. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2018.

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