2008 Hong Kong film
| Besieged City | |
|---|---|
| Chinese | 圍城 |
| Directed by | Lawrence Ah Mon |
| Written by | Dennis Chan Frankie Tam |
| Produced by | Dennis Chan |
| Cinematography | Gavin Liew |
| Edited by | Li Ka-Wing |
| Distributed by | Mei Ah Entertainment |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
Besieged City (Chinese: 圍城) is a 2008 Hong Kong film directed by Lawrence Ah Mon. It has a Category III rating in Hong Kong.
Elizabeth Kerr wrote in The Hollywood Reporter, " is a quasi-realist Hong Kong urban drama", and film critic Paul Fonoroff wrote that Besieged City was the "21st-century sequel" of Lawrence Ah Mon's 1988 debut feature film Gangs. The title refers to Tin Shui Wai, a satellite town in the northwestern New Territories of Hong Kong.
Cast
Cast and roles include:
- Tang Tak Po as Ho Ling-kit
- Wong Yat Ho as Ho Chun-kit
- Wong Hau Yan as Panadoll
- Joman Chiang
- Jonathan Cheung as Chu Hin
- Dada Chan Ching as Ceci
- Joman Chiang as Yee-wah
- Sunny Luk
Film critic Paul Fonoroff wrote, "The mixture of the realistic and theatric attains a consistency due in large part to the naturalism of its cast of screen neophytes, a quality that has always been a hallmark of Lau's youth films, most recently in Spacked Out (2000) and Gimme Gimme (2001).
Awards and nominations
Besieged City was nominated twice at the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2008:
- Best New Performer - Wong Hau-Yan
- Best Art Direction - Yank Wong
See also
- The Way We Are, a 2008 film directed by Ann Hui, set in Tin Shui Wai.
References
- ^ Fonoroff, Paul (1 May 2008). "Besieged City". South China Morning Post.
- Kerr, Elizabeth (2 April 2008). "Besieged City". The Hollywood Reporter.
- Besieged City at HKMDB
- Besieged City at chinesemov.com
- Besieged City at IMDb
Further reading
- "Interview with Lawrence Lau about Besieged City". Hong Kong Cinemagic. 2008.
- Van Holsteijn, Jasper (2019). "Chapter 4 - The Myth of Brotherhood: Lawrence Ah Mon's Besieged City". Besieged brotherhood and the transformation of triad traditions : the Hong Kong triad genre as an allegorical critique of plutocratic hypocrisy (Thesis). The University of Hong Kong. pp. 149–164.
External links
| Films directed by Lawrence Ah Mon | |
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