Made in Hong Kong
Deep Cuts
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1h 49m
Directed by Fruit Chan • Crime • 1997 • Hong Kong • Cantonese with English subtitles
Starring Sam Lee, Neiky Hui-Chi Yim, Wenders Li
The first independent film released in post-Handover Hong Kong, director Fruit Chan’s atmospheric character study is a rough-and-ready piece of work that ends in the city’s overcrowded subsidized housing projects. The result is a tough portrait of a city on the brink that follows a high school dropout who sees little hope for his future.
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