Denise Ho
Nacimiento : 1977-05-10, Hong Kong
Historia
Denise Ho is an Cantopop-singer, actress and democracy activist.
Herself
In February 2019, the Hong Kong government proposed a bill that would have allowed the extradition of criminal suspects from Hong Kong to face trial in mainland China. The controversial bill sparked immediate outrage over widespread fear of arbitrary detention and politically motivated trials that would decimate Hong Kong’s autonomy under ‘one country, two systems.’ Protests escalated into epic pro-democracy demonstrations, in part led by young people connected via social media. COCKROACH, filmed during the height of the protests, captures the extraordinary intensity of an unprecedented era in Hong Kong’s history.
Herself
This timely documentary explores the singer's remarkable journey from Cantopop superstar to outspoken political activist, putting her life and career on the line in support of Hong Konger's struggle to maintain their political freedom.
Herself
In the aftermath of 2014's Umbrella Revolution, five Hong Kong activists are confronted with the question of what it means to be Hong Kongers.
13th Sister
On a dark Mongkok night, May, the cousin of Dai Tin-yee (Dominic Ho), was gang-raped to death by Med King (Deep Ng) and his men. The furious Tin-yee, together with his buddies, Ho-Nam(Him Law), Chicken (Oscar Leung), Pou-Pan (Jazz Lam) tracked down Med King to revenge May’s death. As Med King was under the wing of Ugly Kwan (Sammy Sum), a leader of the Hung Hing triad, Kwan gave orders to get rid of Ho-Nam by all means….
Jing
Kwok Ching (Stanley Fung) is a soon-to-retire television weatherman who really has long aspired to be a news anchor. At home, he's single-handedly brought up three children, but they are fed up with him meddling in their lives. His eldest daughter Mei Mei (Teresa Mo) is a successful lawyer, and married to househusband Yao Ming (Eric Tsang). Tomboyish second daughter Ching Ching (Denise Ho) manages a supermarket and is in love with sissy promoter Lok Yi Nga (Bosco Wong). The youngest son Fu Shing (6wing) is an otaku enamored with beautiful starlet Vivian (Zhang Xinyu) and he unwittingly becomes the romantic rival of billionaire Roberto (William So). Meanwhile, struck by the shocking news of the world's impending doom, Kwok Ching is determined that he must reunite his family before it's too late...
Teresa
En una gran compañía de banca tiene su pequeño despacho Teresa, que se dedica a la consultoría para todo tipo de clientes. El insaciable ansia de beneficios de la empresa la obliga a recomendar a los poseedores de pequeñas fortunas que depositen sus ahorros en inversiones de riesgo a sabiendas de que no es lo más adecuado para sus intereses. Buzzard es un delincuente de poca monta, aunque capaz de ejecutar actos de violencia, relacionado con las tríadas. Con el objetivo de ayudar a un amigo envuelto en problemas con la justicia, planeará robar a uno de los clientes de Teresa. Cheung Jin Fong, por su parte, es un honrado inspector de policía de clase media cuya pareja le conmina a adquirir una lujosa vivienda para compartirla con él. Además, su padre, moribundo, desea que se haga cargo de una hermanastra a la que ni siquiera conoce. Un botín de cinco millones de dólares limpios irrumpirá en sus vidas y los situará frente a complejos dilemas morales.
Yanny
The story of two women, two generations apart, who coincidentally return to Hong Kong from San Francisco where they had their first, fleeting encounter on the streets as strangers.
Host
The Decameron
Singer of Shek Kin's Store
Kung (Eric Tsang) and Kin's (Jacky Cheung) rivalry goes way back to the seventies when they fought over the same girl, who eventually became Kung's wife (Anita Yuen). Now they run competing phone stores right across from each other on Mongkok's busiest street, and stretch their minds trying to outdo each other with crazy promotions. There's absolutely no mixing with the enemy in these parts - until Kung and Kin's kids fall for each other! Further chaos breaks out when the landlord triples the rent of all the shop owners to force them out for redevelopment.
Jo Kwok
El adinerado magnate de la construcción Sam Ching (Andy Lau) y el bailarín de cabaret Milan Sit (Qi Shu) se enamoran perdidamente el uno del otro a pesar de las diferencias de clase que separarían a muchas parejas. Sin embargo, lo que Sit no sabe es que Ching es el hombre responsable de arrasar un edificio que representa los preciados recuerdos de su infancia. ¿Podrán vivir felices para siempre si se descubre este secreto?
Susan
Pu Pu is dumped by her boyfriend whom she loves. Before she moves out, she asks to listen to "their song" just one more time, that is the hidden track by Jay Chou. Then she leaves him and goes to her sister's place in Hong Kong. All the while she is there, she searches for the same song, the "hidden track", and from this it leads her onto a journey of discovering love and a new beginning. Despite the whole movie revolving around Jay Chou's song, Jay Chou plays only a cameo part.
Zoe Pak
Miriam Yeung plays a half-Chinese who represents her father (a Shaolin monk who defected to Japan after falling in love with a Japanese) at a martial arts tournament. What she really wants is to experience first love (with Ekin Cheng, a marketing executive) and become a movie star. Both which are fulfilled in her stay in Hong Kong.
A trilogy of stories about young love.