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Golden Chicken 2

2003 · 104 min

A wistful, gently comic stroll through memory and city life, mixing nostalgia and heartbreak with a light, affectionate touch.

Directed by
Samson Chiu Leung-Chun
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Starring
Sandra Ng Kwan-yu, Jacky Cheung Hok-yau, Andy Lau Tak-wah
Overview
The year is 2046 and 82 year old Golden Chicken Kum, spots a heartbroken man planning to take memory loss-pills. Claiming that Hong Kong people have a way of forgetting, she begins to recap part of her life story, starting in 2003 during a time where she was desperately looking for a husband and the SARS outbreak happened.

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Directed by
Samson Chiu Leung-Chun
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Starring
Sandra Ng Kwan-yu, Jacky Cheung Hok-yau, Andy Lau Tak-wah
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • identity
  • love
  • survival
  • family
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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