Ho yuk (2002)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Yau Ching

Writer:

Yau Ching (writer)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Zero, who, like many Hong Kong youngsters, has a handful of unsteady jobs. She takes a fancy to Chan Kwok Chan...

Plot Keywords:

Hong Kong | Futurism | Fetishism | Lesbian Interest | Lesbian

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Chung-Ching Wong	...	Chan Kwok Chan
Erica Lam	...	Zero
Colette Koo	...	Nicole
Maria Cordero	...	Zero's Mom
Ricardo Mamood-Vega	...	Nicole's Friend at Bar (as Ric Mamood)

Also Known As:

Let's Love Hong Kong (International: English title)

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Black and White | Color

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

2 stars (out of 4)

So far as I could tell, this film is a somewhat bizarre mood piece about three women who are apparently all lesbian sex workers in Hong Kong. One literally *lives* in a movie theater with many others, unless those scenes are supposed to be dreams. Another one seems to have a little more money and is looking at apartments to rent in marginal buildings, with a realtor who is pretty funny. And the third woman is reasonably wealthy.

Not much happens, and appropriately, given this sense of stasis, the camera hardly if ever moves. The only camera movement I recall is during some television clips that we see, which are mostly of giraffes. And speaking of television, this film looks like it was shot on video.

I'm just not sure what the point is.

Seen on 11/7/2002 at the 2002 Hawaii International Film Festival, where an earlier showing was the U.S. premiere.