Qian yan wan yu (1999)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Ann Hui

Writer:

Kin Chung Chan (writer)

Release Date:

10 April 1999 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Drama

Awards:

8 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Kang-sheng Lee	...	Tung
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang	...	Peter Kam
Kwan-Ho Tse	...	Yau
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Loletta Lee	...	Sow (as Rachel Lee)
Hee Ching Paw	...	Tung's mother

Also Known As:

Ordinary Heroes (International: English title)

Runtime:

128 min

Country:

Hong Kong | China

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Company:

Class Limited

Trivia:

The original Chinese title and the harmonica song often repeated in the movie refers to one of Teresa Teng's most famous tunes.

A sincere and stimulating movie for everyone who still cares about Hong Kong or social movements

I saw the movie at the opening of HK Int'l Film Festival. The movie seems to be documentary to me, which makes me a bit worry for its box in HK. It's a sincere movie about the social movements in HK -- something missed out from most ordinary people. Without disguise, the stories of "ordinary heroes" are being told. Just ordinary enough stories but the era and the sentiments involved fades in and out... just as the Chinese title: plenty of words... not knowing when to start the conversation, and this "means" more than the movie itself.