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Made In Hong Kong

Switzerland, July 1997
FILM, Documentary, 75 min.

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directed by
Luc Schaedler
Written by
Luc Schaedler
Status
In distribution
Website
https://gobetweenfilms.com/films/made-in-hong-kong-1997

Hong Kong shortly before the 1997 handover to China. But rather than attempting to paint the portrait of a “city in panic”, it takes an in-depth look based on interviews with a broad spectrum of inhabitants. These include Peter (British civil servant in the former colony), Nicole (South African journalist), Eric Lye (Chinese architect), Guo (Chinese musician), Afzal (Pakistani actor) and Mohan (Indian businessman). Their stories reveal the different stages of migration to this Asian metropolis, and are blended with images that capture Hong Kong’s many contrasting architectural faces. There are poetic moments too when the camera lingers in the labyrinthine passages of the Chungking Mansions, and others which attempt to give the viewer the feeling of what it must be like to live in such a vast city, seen through the eyes of illegal immigrants, typical HK TV ads and other images. The restrictions of physical space, the architectural chaos, its celebrated booming economy, its untarnished attraction to immigrants, and the political and social uncertainties that stretch beyond 1997, all these are revealed in this very personal interpretation of Hong Kong today.

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World Premiere
July 1997
Original Version
English (german subtitles),  colour, Beta SP, 75 min.
ISAN
0000-0002-C32D-0000-H-0000-0000-N
Production
go between films GmbH, Universität Zürich Rektorat / Verwaltung
Producer
Luc Schaedler
directed by
Luc Schaedler
Written by
Luc Schaedler
Cinemato­graphy
Luc Schaedler
Editing
Luc Schaedler, Priska Fretz
Sound Editing
Luc Schaedler
Location Sound Mix
Luc Schaedler

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
go between films GmbH

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Xenix Filmdistribution GmbH Distribution
Release date: tba

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