Summaries

Five short films set in Hong Kong in the year 2025.

Five thought-provoking shorts imagine what Hong Kong will be like ten years from now. In Extras, two genial low-level gangsters are hired to stage an attack, but they're mere sacrificial lambs in a political conspiracy. Rebels strive to preserve destroyed homes and objects as specimens in the mesmerizing Season of the End. In Dialect, a taxi driver struggles to adjust after Putonghua displaces Cantonese as Hong Kong's only official language. Following the death of a leading independence activist, an act of self-immolation outside the British consulate triggers questions and protests in the searing yet moving Self-Immolator. In Local Egg, a grocery shop owner worries about his son's youth guard activities and where to buy eggs after Hong Kong's last chicken farm closes down.

Details

Keywords
  • 2020s
  • anthology
  • anthology film
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Dec 16, 2015
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) (Banned)
Countries of origin Hong Kong
Language Cantonese
Production companies 109G Studio Breakthrough Four Parts Production

Box office

Gross worldwide $779639

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 44m
Color Color Black and White
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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