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Lost Souls

1989 · 88 min

A breezy, gag-filled ghost comedy that mixes afterlife bureaucracy with family chaos, feeling playful and light despite the morbid premise.

Directed by
David Lai Tai-wai
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy
Starring
Bill Tung Biu, Lydia Shum Tin-Ha, David Wu
Overview
Like many Hong Kong people, the Ling family are hoping to immigrate to Canada - but then they all die in a gas poisoning accident. Something wimpy like dying isn't going to stop them from their Canadian dreams, but it turns out migrating in the next life takes money, too. In order to raise funds to head west, the Lings return to the mortal world and get to work making money through various jobs, raising plenty of hilarious havoc and misunderstandings along the way.

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Directed by
David Lai Tai-wai
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy
Starring
Bill Tung Biu, Lydia Shum Tin-Ha, David Wu
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • death
  • immigration
  • greed
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour8
Realism3
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, fantasy
Directed by
David Lai Tai-wai
Written by
Barry Wong Ping-yiu
Starring
Bill Tung Biu, Lydia Shum Tin-Ha, David Wu, Shirley Lu Hsiu-Ling, Sheila Chan Suk-lan, Lowell Lo Koon-ting, Mark Cheng Ho-nam, Lawrence Ng
Music
Violet Lam
Cinematography
Raymond Lam
Runtime
88 min
Country
Hong Kong
Languages
Cantonese

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