Directed by:
Jacob CheungCast:
Dennis Chan, Herman Yau, Teddy Robin Kwan, Victor Wong, Ku Feng, Andy Lam, Tats Lau, Dick Liu, Roy Chiao, Fung Woo, Ming-Yueng Lee, Shun Lau, Kai-Keung Sze (more)Plots(1)
Cageman is a focused social critique of a uniquely Hong Kong phenomenon: in this city with the world's most unequal wealth and income gap, many unfortunate middle-aged men can't afford the most basic lodging, and live in low-rent cages inside squalid tenements. Cageman is a microcosm of Hong Kong, where most citizens must live squeezed into incredibly dense neighbourhoods, prey to monopolistic 'tycoons' – the (Chinese government-supporting) land-owning billionaire class – while nevertheless enjoying a way of life that, despite its frictions, forges a uniquely communal, indomitable 'spirit of Lion Rock'. Cageman is a critique of Hong Kong's sham politics, where grassroots organizing along anarchistic, communitarian principles outshines anti-democratic local politicians. Cageman is also brilliant filmmaking and writing: Jacob Cheung's dazzlingly complex long takes interweave beautifully crafted performances by some of the HK film industry's finest veterans. (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
(more)Cast
Dennis Chan
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Police Story 2 (1988)
Fight Back to School (1991)
The Twin Dragons (1992)
Herman Yau
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Best of the Best (1996)
Teddy Robin Kwan
Best movies:
The Legend of Wisely (1987)
The Twin Dragons (1992)
Gallants (2010)
Victor Wong
USA
Best movies:
The Last Emperor (1987)
Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
Ku Feng
China
Best movies:
Martial Club (1981)
The Avenging Eagle (1978)
Clans of Intrigue (1977)
Andy Lam
Best movies:
Angel Terminators (1992)
Princess Madam (1989)
Tats Lau
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Forbidden City Cop (1996)
New Police Story (2004)
Ip Man 3 (2015)
Dick Liu
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Protégé (2007)
New Police Story (2004)
In the Line of Duty 4 (1989)
Roy Chiao
China
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Above the Law (1986)
A Kid from Tibet (1992)
Fung Woo
China
Best movies:
Too Late for Divorce (1956)
Operation Scorpio (1992)
Project A II (1987)
Ming-Yueng Lee
Best movies:
Heaven & Earth (1993)
Shaolin Temple 2: Kids from Shaolin (1984)
Kickboxer (1989)
Shun Lau
China
Best movies:
The Tai-Chi Master (1993)
Tai Chi Master 2 (1996)
Hail the Judge (1994)
Kai-Keung Sze
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Mad Mission (1982)
Rosa (1986)
Justice, My Foot! (1992)
Joe Junior
Macau
Best movies:
The Private Eyes (1976)
Bishonen (1998)
Simon Yuk-san Cheung
Best movies:
Infernal Affairs (2002)
Burger Cop (1995)
Lady Reporter (1989)
Chun Lau
Best movies:
Challenge of the Ninja (1978)
Chinatown Kid (1977)
Odd Couple (1979)
Andrew Kam
Best movies:
The Twin Dragons (1992)
Full Alert (1997)
Swordsman II (1992)
Chi-Mun Ho
Best movies:
The Killer (1989)
Lost and Found (1996)
When Fortune Smiles (1990)
Sam Leung
Best movies:
Chinatown Kid (1977)
3 Evil Masters (1980)
The Young Vagabond (1985)
Gwa-Pau Sai
China
Best movies:
Chinatown Kid (1977)
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
Mortal Combat (1978)