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30 November 2006 (Hong Kong)
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After his mother flees the family home, a son turns to thieving in order to support his father, an abusive sort who is addicted to gambling. | add synopsis
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13 wins
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7 nominations
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Gong Li Wins Best Actress Trophy at Hong Kong Film Awards
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 26 April 2007)
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 26 April 2007)
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Not so good
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Aaron Kwok | ... | Chow Cheung-sheng |
| Charlie Yeung | ... | Lee Yuk-lin |
| Kelly Lin | ... | Fong |
| Hailu Qin | ... | Ha Je |
| Valen Hsu | ... | Jennifer (as Ru-yun Hsu) |
| King-to Ng | ... | Lok Yun (as Jing-tao Wu) |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Lester Chit-Man Chan | ... | Strong Man |
| Tien You Chui | ... | Chow Lok-yun - young adult |
| Hsin-mei Lan | ||
| Allen Lin | ... | Sick boy's father (as Yilun Lin) |
| Hao Qin | ... | School bus driver |
| Yi-xuan Wang | ... | Sick boy's mother |
| Liwen Xu | ... | Rich boy's mother |
| Faith Yang | ||
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After This Our Exile (International: English title) (USA) (festival title)
Father-Son (Hong Kong: English title) (literal title)
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Father-Son (Hong Kong: English title) (literal title)
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South Korea:150 min (Pusan International Film Festival) | Hong Kong:121 min | Hong Kong:152 min (director's cut) | Hong Kong:159 min (director's cut)
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Referenced in Lik goo lik goo dui dui pong (2007)
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| A good balance review for this film | reiyi |
| Disappointed | kristianchan |
| Ending seems to be too abrupt (spoiler alert) | vinsond21 |
| Location? | jamchinlam |
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Like some others who have reviewed the movie, I am puzzled as to why this movie managed to win the awards it did -- except for the best supporting actor award going to the kid playing the "Boy" in the movie. He totally carried the movie -- he's really a major reason why I could sit through the 160 mins of the director's cut version of the movie.
Don't get me wrong. The movie isn't bad, but just that it's really not that good. A few pleasant surprises, besides the fabulous performance by the kid. Despite that his character is essentially a clichéd stereotype, Kwok turned out to be a much better actor than he is a singer. Also, several scenes are funny and the director's humor showed.
But the movie severely suffers from empty script and indulgent direction. The movie's character and plot developments are too light to substantiate the 3-hour duration (or, I believe, even the 2.5-hour duration of the theatre's cut). And the movie drags on and on. Sometimes it's as if the director isn't confident that the messages he intends for the audience would get through, and so he keeps re-sending them, and sometimes in an overly melodramatic way.
Another thing worth mentioning is the director (Tam) seems heavily influenced by Kar-Wai Wong. It's especially evident in the setup where the father gets into an affair with his neighbor in the hotel (reminiscent of "In the Mood for Love" and "2046"). But the movie would have benefited much if Tam's direction were crisper, subtler and more assured.