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Film Screening: The White Storm
Featuring three of Hong Kong's biggest male stars, Benny Chan's action thriller is, among other things, a hard-hitting tribute to the classic brothers-in-arms Hong Kong cop movies of the 1980s and 1990s. A part of the series 19th Annual Made in Hong Kong Film Festival
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July 20, 2014 2:00pm to 12:00am
The prolific Pang Ho-cheung has directed everything from horror movies (Dream Home) to gross-out laugh-fests (Vulgaria) to sparking rom-coms (Love in the Buff). Aberdeen, the opening film of this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival, extends his range even further. Elegantly balancing drama and comedy, Pang “delivers a beautifully observed portrait of a modern Hong Kong family that fuses social commentary with fantastical imagery and his trademark cheeky humor to wonderful effect” (James Marsh, Twitch Film).
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