The poetry of teenagers in love is one of the most endearing and enduring traditions in cinema. Philip Chan made his solo directorial debut with a film based on his own adolescent fantasy, about a secondary school student who falls in love with his teacher. The teacher happens to be pregnant and, after the kid makes the vow to help her take care of the child, the father reappears to assume his responsibilities…Is teenage bubble going to burst? Chan had the foresight – or was it luck? – to hand over writing chores to Alfred Cheung, who turned the potentially controversial story into a script of nuanced emotions and morality while managing to avoid the sensational. Charlie's Bubble, which escaped critical attention in its initial release, is a work that deserves a second look.
Cheung Dai Ma
허안화 감독의 장편영화 데뷔작으로, 실화에 기반한 미스터리 스릴러. 잔혹하게 죽은 남녀의 시신이 발견되고 이들의 이웃이었던 린은 이 죽음의 의문을 추적한다. 사건에 관계된 인물들 각자의 서술이 섞여 들고, 이 죽음에는 중국 전통의 미신이 연관되어 있다는 것이 차차 드러난다.
