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Made in Hong Kong

1997 · 109 min

A raw, haunting plunge into youth and crime, steeped in loss and quiet desperation, leaving a lingering ache.

Overview
After his father abandons the family, Autumn Moon drops out of high school and becomes a debt collector for the Triads. On his rounds, he meets and falls in love with Ping, a daughter of one of the Triads' clients. She is suffering from a fatal kidney disease, and to pay for her medical expenses, Autumn Moon takes an assassination contract, but as he slips deeper into the criminal underworld, he's haunted by a figure from his past.

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • isolation
  • love
  • crime
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror3
Humour2
Realism8
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
crime, drama
Directed by
Fruit Chan
Written by
Fruit Chan
Starring
Sam Lee, Neiky Yim Hui-Chi, Wenders Li Tung-Chuen, Carol Lam, Chan Sang, Woo Wai-Chung, Chan Tat Yee, Amy Tam Ka-Chuen
Music
Lam Wah-Chuen
Cinematography
Lam Wah-Chuen, O Sing-Pui
Runtime
109 min
Country
Hong Kong
Languages
Cantonese

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