Director: Matt Chow
Cast: Sandra Ng, Tony Leung, Eason Chan, Ivana Wong
Category: IIB
Duration: 100 min
Story
“Ah Kam” (Sandra Ng) started being a prostitute at the age of 16. She
witnesses and has been through all the rise and fall period of Hong Kong. After
years of struggling in the business, she becomes the “mother” of other prostitutes,
leading them to each and every rich people’s party in town. Kam maintains a
good relationship with the client, fulfilling their requirement by the use of
advanced technology. Like many other middle class，even though they are not lacking of anything in “New Hong Kong”, but
they could still find the downside of it. This make them missed the time back
in “Old Hong Kong” where they could have a worry-free life. Gordon (Tony Leung)
was a gagster head before the handover to jail, his thinking, behavior and dressing
style remains in the colonial era. He is unable to accept the “New Hong Kong”
after his release. Kam, his old lover, is his only sense of security. Seeing
his difficulty in adopting the new life, Kam try her best to help him. The
progress is as hard as reforming the whole Hong Kong. Kam represent the spirit
of Hong Kong people, able to survive and work out all problems.
Review
The movie shows the changes in the past 17 years by situating the existing
issue in Hong Kong. The social phenomena is shown by a certain characterize
roles in an comedy way. In the movie the role played by Eason Chen(Jackie仔) said that, “現在還那有蠱惑仔，高登網友就一大堆”, meaning that
there is no more wise guy but lots of “Golden Brother”. This reflects the
situation in Hong Kong Whereby peoples usually find help from internet rather
than someone close to them. They relay very much on the online source. Another scene
is where Kam is contacting client through different apps like Whatsapp, WeChat
and Line. It is the modern way of communication, so much different form the
past. This state of communicating has correspondingly make Gordon, representing
the people of “Old Hong Kong”, feels confuse and uncertain. In contrast, Wu Loo
(Ivana Wong) is a character that featuring the “New Hong Kong People” in “New
Hong Kong”. She speaks with a Chinese accent, dressed old-fashioned and is
willing to do everything for money. Even though the reality of her is a pure
Hong Kong people, the reason for her to act as one that comes from China is to make
her-self outstanding from the other prostitute in order to attract more client.
This is the identity of Hong Kong people, something that they feel common. Kam
is the only character that has seen all the different stages of Hong Kong. She
is the symbol of a lower class that has been fighting for changes. This movie
brings a lot of collective memories from the period of colonial to the return
in China.
Word count: 511
Lau Hiu Yung 10488749/21233916
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