biff

History

영화 정보

After This Our Exile

11th(2006) A Window on Asian Cinema

Family · Crime/Violence · Social Criticism  

  • CountryHong Kong
  • Production Year2006
  • Running Time150min
  • Format 35mm
  • ColorCOLOR
Program Note
He had the looks. Respect from friends. A real ladies man. Now it`s all gone except for one thing. His smart and loyal doting young son. Despite fearing the father`s violence towards his mother, the boy reveals the mother`s secret plan to leave them both. Eventually the boy ends up alone with the over-beating and rapidly declining father-forced to help pay gambling debts by becoming a petty thief, despite his young years. When the father decides to visit his despairing son, a violent attack leaves the father with a missing ear. A decade later, the now grown son returns to his hometown. As he walks the empty streets, he sees a man in the distance that just might be his father … With different backgrounds, characters in this film struggled for living in cruel reality. Sometimes it was inevitable to hurt others in order to protect oneself. The son craved for a happy family life. However, his father kept untouched in spite of the son`s every effort. His parents` separation was a painful experience in the son`s childhood. In the rocky road of life, people, however, were led to maturity through these dolorous memories. (Production Note)
Director
Director
Patrik TAM
Patrick Tam joined Hong Kong Television Broadcast Limited in 1967 and started working as a TV director on [Superstar Special]. In 1978, Tam turned to directing feature films, including [Love Massacre] (3 nominations at Taiwan`s Golden Horse Film Awards), [Nomad] (9 nominations at Hong Kong Film Awards), and [My Heart is That Eternal Rose] (3 nominations at Hong Kong Film Awards). Also an accomplished film editor, Tam won Best Film Editing awards for Wong Kar Wai`s [Days of Being Wild and Ashes of Time].
Photo
Credit
  • Director Patrik TAM 패트릭 탐
  • Producer Li-Kuang CHIU
  • Cast Aaron KWOK, Charlie YOUNG, King-To NG, Valen HSU
  • Screenplay Koi-Leong TIAN, Patrick TAM
  • Editor Patrick TAM
  • Music Robert JAY ELLIS-GEIGER
  • Production Company Focus Films Limited
    18/F Futura Plaza, 111-113 How Ming Street, Kwun Tong Kowloon, Hong Kong China
    lorna@focusfilms.cc

  • World Sales Focus Films Limited
    18/F Futura Plaza, 111-113 How Ming Street, Kwun Tong Kowloon, Hong Kong China
    lorna@focusfilms.cc