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Summer Snow

1995 · 101 min

A tender, bittersweet domestic drama that finds quiet humour and heartbreak in the daily struggles of caring for an aging parent.

Directed by: Ann Hui
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Josephine Siao, Roy Chiao, Law Kar-ying

Overview: Tells the story of the relationship between a widower with Alzheimer's disease and his daughter-in-law, May Sun, who is a housewife in her forties trying cope with the upheavals in her family.

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Directed by: Ann Hui
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Josephine Siao, Roy Chiao, Law Kar-ying

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
aging
parenthood
grief
healing
Places: home
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	1
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Humour	5
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: comedy, drama
Directed by: Ann Hui
Written by: Chan Man Keung
Starring: Josephine Siao, Roy Chiao, Law Kar-ying, Tam Sin-Hung, May Law Koon-lan, Patricia Chong Jing-Yee, Allen Ting Chi-Chun, Teresa Ha Ping
Music: Yoshihide Otomo
Cinematography: Mark Lee Ping-Bing
Runtime: 101 min
Country: Hong Kong
Languages: Cantonese

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