Over My Dead Body

Over My Dead Body (2023)

死屍死時四十四

A group of residents in an apartment block attempt to smuggle a body out of their building to prevent their properties dropping in value.

Date of release
2023-03-24
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 59m
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Director
Ho Cheuk-tin

Casting

Interesting facts

Over My Dead Body is a 2023 Hong Kong black comedy film directed by Ho Cheuk Tin and co-written by Amy Chin and Kong Ho Yan. Starring Teresa Mo, Ronald Cheng, Wong You-nam, Jennifer Yu, Edan Lui, Yeung Wai-lun, Lau Kong, and Bonnie Wong, the film revolves around a group of apartment residents trying to dispose of a mysterious corpse that has appeared on their floor to prevent their homes from becoming stigmatized properties and losing value.

Production

Writer Kong Ho Yan was approached by producer Amy Chin, with whom he had previously collaborated on The Midnight After (2014) and Ciao UFO (2019), to produce a comedy film. Kong presented several ideas, including one centered on the Hong Kong property market that follows a group of residents driven to madness by inflated property prices. The duo developed the screenplay from March 2019 and completed it by the end of that year.

Principal photography began on 21 May 2022, with the first day of filming focused on a wedding scene. Approximately two-thirds of the film was shot in a studio, while most of the location shooting took place in Tai Wai, Sha Tin District.

The film's theme song "Salted Fish Game" was composed by Tsui Chin Hung, with lyrics by Wyman Wong and performed by Jer Lau. Director Ho Cheuk Tin deemed Lau's role, which was a cameo appearance in the film, too minor, so he also invited him to perform the theme song.

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