Kuen is a lounge singer on Temple Street. Her son Kakei, now a university student, returns to Hong Kong for just a few days after emigrating to Canada with his father. Kuen's colleague Kit has to work overnight and enlists Kuen’s help to take care of her young son. During the sleepless night, Kuen and Ka-kei relive their past and envisage their future through another pair of mother and son. Under the bright sun, the cycle of life and family relationships continue, made all the more touching by the nuanced moments of care and concern between each other. Sham Ka-ki of Weeds On Fire plays the son and renders a tender and layered performance full of subtlety.
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Yeh Ka-lun
Chan Ka-ming, Eric Tsang
Yeh Ka-lun
Yeh Ka-lun
2018
Italy
Official Selection, Udine Far East Film Festival
2018
United Kingdom
Official Selection, Chinese Visual Festival
Yeh Ka-lun graduated from the School of Journalism and Communication, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Remarks shared after Festival
"Chinese
Visual Festival held their screening sessions in the cinema of British Film
Institute where mostly screen classic and independent film. Before the screenings,
the staffs delivered leaflets that about the films and related interview articles
to the audience. It let the audience to have initial ideas of the films before
watching them.. [More]
"Chinese
Visual Festival held their screening sessions in the cinema of British Film
Institute where mostly screen classic and independent film. Before the screenings,
the staffs delivered leaflets that about the films and related interview articles
to the audience. It let the audience to have initial ideas of the films before
watching them. Besides, There were about 20 seats in the film corner where
anyone could watch all of the British film collection for free, such as work of
British director- Ken Loach. I think this kind of educational practice is really
meaningful and worth to follow."
— Shared by Yeh Ka-lun, director of Bright Spring Days after attending Chinese Visual Festival in the
United Kingdom, under the sponsorship of NAE.
"The
passion of the audience in Udine for Asian movies is far beyond expectation.
There were long queues in every screening session. It was a pity that I did not
have the chance to directly interact with the audience, I just had a brief
introduction before the screening. But luckily, I met a few experienced and
well-known directors and actors, such as Johnnie To, Sylvia Chang and John
Shum. Mr To even had joined a few dinner meetings with all of the Fresh Wave
directors which were really interesting experiences."
— Shared by Yeh Ka-lun, director of Bright Spring Days after attending the Udine Far East Film Festival in
Italy, under the sponsorship of NAE.
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