Autumn Moon (Sam Lee), a low-rent triad living in Hong Kong, struggles to find meaning in his hopelessly violent existence.
Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Sam Lee | ... | To Chung-Chau, 'Moon' | |
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Neiky Hui-Chi Yim | ... | Lam Yuk-Ping, 'Ping' |
Wenders Li | ... | Ah-Lung, 'Sylvester' (as Wenbers Li Tung-Chuen) | |
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Ka-Chuen Tam | ... | Hui Bo San, 'Susan' (as Amy Tam Ka-Chuen) |
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Carol Lam Kit-Fong | ... | Mrs. Lam, Ping's mother |
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Doris Yan-Wah Chow | ... | Mrs. To, Moon's mother |
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Siu Chung | ... | Ms. Lee, social worker |
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Tat-Yee Chan | ... | Fat Chan |
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Wai-Chung Wu | ... | Keung |
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Sang Chan | ... | 'Big Brother', Cheung Siu-Wing |
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Kelvin Chung | ... | Doctor |
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Ah Ting | ... | Moon's father |
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Jessica | ... | Moon's father's current wife |
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Ah Wai | ... | Assassin on skateboard |
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B. Chai Ho | ... | Male student |
Autumn Moon (Sam Lee), a low-rent triad living in Hong Kong, struggles to find meaning in his hopelessly violent existence.
Fruit Chan's debut film was seen by many in Hong Kong as a metaphor for the foreboding that gripped the colony in the years before 1997, and Chan himself has said that it is the first part of a trilogy on the handover--the second part is "The Longest Night." Metaphorical resonances aside, though, under the energetic, sometimes violent surface of "Made in China" is a film of haunting sadness and compassion. The central character, the young, jobless Autumn Moon, is proud of his ability to live by his wits; but he ends up in a world that his wits can't handle. Chan's ingenuity in making this film on a tiny budget with amateur actors is obvious, but one leaves the film overwhelmed with sadness for the lives of the characters--most of all Autumn Moon's, and his despairing inability to help the people he cares about.