Mad World

Mad World (2016)

一念無明

An absentee father and his bipolar son are forced to live together as they struggle with a recent family tragedy. The tension and anxiety boil as they live and try to cope in a tiny apartment. As time passes, they realize their shared pain is not their only source of grief, as they find the outside world is a cruel and unjust place.

Date of release
2016-10-13
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (74)
Runtime
1h 41m
Genres
Drama
Director
Wong Chun

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $1.8M
  • Budget: $258K
  • Earned 7× its budget
  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Mad World is a 2016 Hong Kong drama film directed by Wong Chun and starring Shawn Yue, Eric Tsang, Elaine Jin and Charmaine Fong. It is Wong's directorial debut after winning the First Feature Film Initiative. It was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

Production

The film was shot in 16 days, mostly on location in subdivided flats, and with a budget of around US$257,000. As the film was selected by the First Feature Film Initiative (along with Weeds on Fire and Opus 1), they were unable to procure outside investments. Actors Eric Tsang and Shawn Yue both waived their salaries when they joined the cast.

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