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Gorretti Mak Yan-Yan
Mak Yan-Yan is a Hong Kong based female award-winning director. She was born in the 1970s and graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 1998. Since 1993, as a student, Mak had worked for the film industry as a continuity girl, assistant director, production manager, art director and wardrobe designer. Her graduation short film Snapshots won the Distinguish Award at the Internatio…
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Butterfly · 2004Butterfly
★ 6.52004
MovieDramaRomance
Flavia is a thirtysomething married teacher. She has suppressed the memory of her adolescent lesbian fling with Jin and is stuck in a stifling marriage. A chance encounter in a supermarket with the playful and seductive singer Yip reawakens dormant feelings and she begins to think back on her teenage affair with Jin.
The Decameron · 2010The Decameron
2010
MovieDocumentary
A documentary on madness, by Hong Kong director Yan Yan Mak and singer-songwriter Denise Ho. Inspired by the classic "Ten Days in A Madhouse"
Leaving in Sorrow · 2001Leaving in Sorrow
★ 6.62001
MovieDrama
Leaving In Sorrow is a gritty, realistic portrayal of Hong Kong in the aftermath of the Asian Financial Crisis. It is the first Hong Kong production filmed in the "Dogme 95" style, using hand-held cameras, natural lighting, and real locations. The film follows a disparate group of characters--including a pastor, a magazine editor, and a slacker from San Francisco--who find their lives suddenly turned upside down by events beyond their control.
Love Will Tear Us Apart · 1999Love Will Tear Us Apart
★ 6.51999
MovieDramaRomance
The film gets under the skin of a very marginalized group: recent immigrants to Hong Kong from Mainland China. Belying the expectation that they will belong in a territory now returned to China's sovereignty, they find themselves lonely, frustrated, poor, and employable only in the most menial jobs, from elevator service staff to prostitution.
Merry-Go-Round · 2010Merry-Go-Round
★ 6.22010
MovieDramaRomance
The story of two women, two generations apart, who coincidentally return to Hong Kong from San Francisco where they had their first, fleeting encounter on the streets as strangers.
Bric-a-Brac · 2024Bric-a-Brac
2024
MovieDramaFamily
Siu, in her seventies, once again endures cruel and unreasonable threats and abuse from her son at home. Having endured it all her life, she determined to push the old sofa that should have been discarded long ago out of her home.
Shanghai, I Love YouShanghai, I Love You
MovieRomance
This "Cities of Love" episode takes us to one of the most fascinating cities in the world. Shanghai stands for a long history of sensuality, intrigues and mystery.
Slight @ Love More HK · 2011Slight @ Love More HK
2011
Movie
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