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Film Title
美好生活
Beautiful Life
Director: Chan Ho-lun Fredie
- Film Info
- Cast & Crew
- Awards & Screening
- About the Director
Production Country |
Hong Kong |
Production Year |
2013 |
Duration |
25’ 10” |
Colour |
Colour |
Language |
In Cantonese, English and Indonesian with Chinese and English subtitles |
Genre |
Drama (Fiction) |
Shooting Format |
HD |
Synopsis |
Yayang is an Indonesian girl who came to Hong Kong and work, dreaming to improve her quality of life in Indonesia someday. Yet, she is hired as domestic helper by a grassroots family that has unstable financial status. Despite the fact that Yayang is underpaid by her employer, close bond is developed between her and the family. This makes Yayang faces the dilemma of staying or quitting this job for a better salary. Would beautiful life still remain a dream for her? |
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Distribution & Screening |
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Director
Assistant Director
Starring
Script Writer
Cinematographer
Sound Recordist
Lighting
Music Arrangement
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Chan Ho-lun Fredie
Lee On-yan Rachel
Hariyani 'Yayan' Phaynie, Ng Kam-chuen, Ho Chun-ching, Kwok Yuen-yi
Chan Ho-lun Fredie, Lee On-yan Rachel
Chan Ka-shun Benny
Tang Hok-lun Cyrus
Huang Li-wei Wilson
Wong Hin-yan |
2014
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Taiwan
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Official Selection, Urban Nomad Film Festival
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Official Selection, Cambodian International Film Festival
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2013
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Cambodia
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Gold Award, Open Category, 19th ifva Awards
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Hong Kong
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Official Selection, 37th Hong Kong International Film Festival
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Hong Kong
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Official Selection, Hong Kong Independent Film Festival
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2012
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Taiwan
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Official Selection, New Taipei City Film Festival
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Chan Ho Lun Fredie (b. 1983), graduated from the Department of Cultural Studies at Lingnan University in 2006. He worked as a TV producer in the Public and Current Affairs Unit of RTHK and now focuses on independent filmmaking. His documentary works include Good Luck, Comrades! (2009), Family Burdens(2009), The Anti-XRL Campaign - Media Perspective (2010), and Poor and Destitute (2011), The Way of Paddy (2013) and After Harvest (2014), Short Films included Loft in the air (2012), A Joblessman (2013), Beautiful Life (2013), The Woman Security Guards (2014). He has been involved in the development of feature films since 2011.
Filmography
2014 After Harvest
2014 The Woman Security Guards
2013 The Way of Paddy
2013 A Joblessman
2012 Loft in the Air
2011 Poor and Destitute
2010 Anti-XRL Campaign-Media Perspective
2010 Die! Referendum! Die!
2009 Good Luck, Comrades!
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Remarks shared after Festival
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“Audience in Taipei is much interested in and curious about the subject of my film as they have not seen anything alike before from a Hong Kong director, a film that depicts the issue of Indonesian domestic helpers in Hong Kong. Attending directors from Mainland and Taiwan at the forum have also responded very well to the film, bringing out all sorts of view points and insights. NAE is an incredible scheme.. [More]“Audience in Taipei is much interested in and curious about the subject of my film as they have not seen anything alike before from a Hong Kong director, a film that depicts the issue of Indonesian domestic helpers in Hong Kong. Attending directors from Mainland and Taiwan at the forum have also responded very well to the film, bringing out all sorts of view points and insights. NAE is an incredible scheme. I hope that it will continue supporting local directors in promoting their work overseas in the future.”
— Shared by Fredie Chan, director of Beautiful Life, after attending the New Taipei City Film Festival in 2013, under the sponsorship of NAE.
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