流水落花

流水落花 (2022)

For his project under the lauded First Feature Film Initiative programme, director Ka Sing-fung tells the heartrending journey of a woman whose life is forever changed by the children she takes in as a temporary foster carer. In a career-best performance, Sammi Cheng stars as Mei, a woman trying to get over the death of her young son through the children she welcomes into her home. Each ward offers Mei a different challenge and a newfound appreciation for the difficulties of motherhood, but when her dedication to the job causes her marriage to turn sour, Mei is forced to make a choice.

Erscheinungsdatum
2022-11-28
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (11)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 33 Min.
Genres
Drama, Familie
Regie
賈勝楓

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

Lost Love is a 2022 Hong Kong drama film directed by Ka Sing-fung. The film stars Sammi Cheng, Alan Luk, and Hedwig Tam, and centers on a foster family navigating love, loss, and emotional healing. It premiered on 13 November 2022 at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival as a closing film, and was theatrically released on 2 March 2023.

Production

The film marks Ka's debut feature. His previous short films also revolve around family for storytelling, namely A Bird Goes By (2019) and Gai Dan Chai (2019). Inspired by his daughter, he initially wanted to tell a story about the two-way relationship between parents and children, not just the one-sided efforts of the parents. Specifically, children can easily inspire adults to be better through simple actions and words.

The screenplay was co-written by the married couple Ka Sing-fung and Lo Kim-fei, with Lo, a full-time screenwriter, having conceived the plot years before 2019. The initial draft took three months to complete. The story centers on the interplay of familial bonds and mutual influence between adults and children.

Ka revealed he that had already envisioned the lead actors while writing the script. Having previously collaborated with Alan Luk on Gai Dan Chai, he admired the actor's approach to performance. As Ka put it, "Feel the most, show the least." Ka's family was also closely involved in the production. Not only did his daughter appear in the film, she also created the handwritten Chinese title on the poster.

The film embraces a minimalist aesthetic, with dialogue, narrative, settings, and music all pared down to their essentials. Ka expressed a strong preference for this restrained cinematic language: a simple house inhabited by a changing child, alongside a tree, a river, and a road. For him, the essence of cinema lies in its distinctiveness.

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