Country: Hong Kong
Year: 2016
Duration: 180'
Hong Kong, 2011. The students Tai Cho and Yi actively participate in the Occupy Central movement. But Yi is arrested and Tai Cho becomes close to the girl’s mother, Wan. In the meantime, other people are affected by the political and social upheaval that has swept the city: Maxim, a rich movie producer, feels the stirrings of a political conscience; his ex-wife, a TV journalist, interviews people whose lives have been affected by China’s construction policy; the young Chinese girl Li Lei meets Ha Mai, a web celebrity, and lets herself get involved in the movement… [rm]
Biography
film director
Rita Hui Nga Shu
Rita Hui Nga Shu lives and works Hong Kong. In 1996, she graduated in film and television from the Hong Kong Academy of Fine Arts and in 2007 received her master’s degree from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. She debuted in directing with the short Ah Ming (1996), which she also wrote and edited, and which was followed by other short films, the medium-length Alice in Wonderland (1999) and the audiovisual installation Two Cases. In 2009, she directed her first feature film, Dead Slowly, which was followed by two other feature films, New Age in Blue (2011) and Keening Woman (2013).
FILMOGRAFIA
Ah Ming (cm, 1996), Subway (cm, 1997), She Makes Me Wanna Die (cm, 1998), Invisible City (Wall) (cm, 1998), Alice in Wonderland (mm, 1999), Red Riding Hood (cm, 2002), IDoLetHerMyHeadHave (cm, 2003), Dead Slowly (2009), New Age in Blue (2011), Two Cases (inst., 2012), Lau Fung Shan (2012), Keening Woman (2013), Elegy (cm, 2014), Pseudo Secular (2016).
Declaration
film director
“This is a story that began in 2011. That year, in response to ‘Occupy Wall Street’, Hong Kong had its first ‘Occupy Central’. This tale was directly inspired by the repercussions and discussions generated from that movement, combined with the later Sunflower Student Movement and the Umbrella Revolution. Pseudo Secular is ultimately a story about Hong Kong, and a culmination of my observations and reflections during these past few years. I am concerned with how people cope with living in such a rapidly developing city. I want to portray their inner thoughts and feelings through floating landscapes.”
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Rita Hui Nga Shu
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Rita Hui Nga Shu, Dorothy Cheung
fotografia/cinematography
Szeto King Fung, Wong Luk Ho, Yuen Chi Min, Carlos Leung Ho Sing, Lau Ho Ming, Rick Lau
montaggio/film editing
Rita Hui Nga Shu, Wong Wai Nap, Carlos Leung Ho Sing
musica/music
Wong Hi Yan
suono/sound
Bone Chan Chi Fung
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Siuyea Lo Cun Yip (Tai Cho), Chan Leung Poon (Maxim), Abby Chan Man Yee (Wan), Fish Liew (Li Lei), Helen Ko (Yi)
produttori/producers
Rita Hui Nga Shu, Ho Tze Ki
produzione/production
Rabbit Travelogue
contatti/contacts
Rabbit Traveloguea
Kiki Ho
pseudosecularmovie@gmail.com
Rita Hui Nga Shu
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Rita Hui Nga Shu, Dorothy Cheung
fotografia/cinematography
Szeto King Fung, Wong Luk Ho, Yuen Chi Min, Carlos Leung Ho Sing, Lau Ho Ming, Rick Lau
montaggio/film editing
Rita Hui Nga Shu, Wong Wai Nap, Carlos Leung Ho Sing
musica/music
Wong Hi Yan
suono/sound
Bone Chan Chi Fung
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Siuyea Lo Cun Yip (Tai Cho), Chan Leung Poon (Maxim), Abby Chan Man Yee (Wan), Fish Liew (Li Lei), Helen Ko (Yi)
produttori/producers
Rita Hui Nga Shu, Ho Tze Ki
produzione/production
Rabbit Travelogue
contatti/contacts
Rabbit Traveloguea
Kiki Ho
pseudosecularmovie@gmail.com
