Hong Kong,
2019, 125 min
Plots(1)
During the rise of the materialistic comfort of life in the 1960s, there emerges an undercurrent of danger in Hong Kong. Ji yuan tai qi hao tells the tale of Ziming, a Hong Kong University undergraduate, entangled between his amorous feelings for Mrs Yu, a self-exiled mother from Taiwan in the White Terror period, and her beautiful daughter Meiling. He takes them to different movies and through a series of magical moments on the big screen, forbidden passions are revealed. The era coincides with Hong Kong’s turbulent times of 1967. (Venice International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Sylvia Chang
Taiwan
Best movies:
Legend of the Mountain (1979)
Mad Mission 2 (1983)
Mad Mission (1982)
Vicki Zhao
China
Best movies:
Red Cliff: Part II (2009)
Red Cliff (2008)
The Longest Night in Shanghai (2007)
Zhuangzhuang Tian
China
Best movies:
Us and Them (2018)
The Shadowless Tower (2023)