The Longest Summer

The Longest Summer (1998)

去年煙花特別多

In the year 1997 a 150 year old baby was born.

It is July 1st of 1997, and Hong Kong is bright in celebration. The United Kingdom handover of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China leaves Ga Yin, and his fellow soldiers without work. Which leads them to find employment and money any way they can get it. Without much success, Ga Yin decides to join his brother Ga Suen in the triad gang world.

Date of release
1998-12-31
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (17)
Runtime
2h 8m
Genres
Crime, Drama
Director
Fruit Chan
Collection
Handover Trilogy

Casting

Interesting facts

The Longest Summer is Hong Kong independent director Fruit Chan's second feature in his informal "1997 trilogy", first released in 1998. The first film in the trilogy is Made in Hong Kong. The movie details the problems faced by a group of disaffected Hong Kong ex-soldiers of the British Army, just before and after the 1997 handover to the People's Republic of China.

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