Besieged City
| 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.[1]
Elizabeth Kerr wrote in The Hollywood Reporter, "[Besieged City] is a quasi-realist Hong Kong urban drama",[2] and film critic Paul Fonoroff wrote that Besieged City was the "21st-century sequel" of Lawrence Ah Mon's 1988 debut feature film Gangs.[1] The title refers to Tin Shui Wai,[1] a satellite town in the northwestern New Territories of Hong Kong.
Cast
[edit]Cast and roles include:[3][4][5]
- 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).[1]
Awards and nominations
[edit]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
[edit]- The Way We Are, a 2008 film directed by Ann Hui, set in Tin Shui Wai.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d 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
[edit]- "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
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