In autumn 2019, at the peak of the anti-extradition law amendment bill movement, Yung and Yin meet on the streets. After the arrest of Yung, Yin finds herself in the awkward situation of visiting Yung’s home for the first time. Meeting the parents, Yin has to skip the usual polite chatter and put away Yung’s items before the court warrant arrives. In this austere and awkward first meeting, they talk about the absent son. The long night drags on as the shocked and worried parents are overwhelmed by the opposing political views, by relationships torn and healed, by their hopes and regrets. When dawn comes, what will become of Yung?
Call girl Ruby dates men for pay. Arrested, she seeks help from a lawyer client. He advises her to seek letters of mitigation from people with high social status, and to play along with the probation officer. By performing an act of penitence, Ruby may be given a more lenient sentence. The lies she tells the officer, initially mere tales to solicit sympathy, slowly reveal a heartbreaking story of someone let down by adults all her life.
다큐멘터리 작업으로 잘 알려진 청킹와이 감독의 극영화데뷔작으로, 충격적인 실화를 소재를 통해 홍콩사회의 현실을 서늘한 시선으로 담아낸 수작. 임신한 경찰관 안젤라는 부모를 살해한 혐의로 체포된 고등학생 코니의 조사를 맡는다. 태연하게 자신의 범죄를 시인하고 사건을 설명하는 그녀를 보며 사건의 이면에 다른 사연이 있지 않을까 생각한다. 영화는 치매에 걸린 아버지로 일상생활이 불가능한 안젤라의 일상과 코니의 충격적인 사건을 교차로 보여주며 질식할듯한 현실의 무게를 견뎌내는 홍콩인들의 모습을 집요하게 담아낸다.
Hong Kong cat III rape-revenge flick
One of the three Hong Kong movies entitled Fatal Love that came out in 1993. Starring Lester Chan and Lau Wai-Man.
