Schedule

Code
425
Time
7/2  16:30 - 18:18
Theater
Bucheon City Hall Main Theater
Rate
18
Code
703
Time
7/5  10:30 - 12:18
Theater
Korea Manhwa Museum
Rate
18

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Adrenaline Ride

Mad Fate

Soi CHEANG|Hong Kong, China|2023|108min |Korean Premiere |18+

Schedule

Code
425
Time
7/2  16:30 - 18:18
Theater
Bucheon City Hall Main Theater
Rate
18
Code
703
Time
7/5  10:30 - 12:18
Theater
Korea Manhwa Museum
Rate
18

Unless following Subtitle code is marked, all films will have English subtitles
º°¾ÆÀÌÄÜNotice of No English-Subtitle

Program Note

Producer Johnnie To’s old collaborators gather in aspiration to excite fans of Hong Kong Noir films. Director Soi Cheang’s follow-up to which brings the attention at Berlinale is a grisly murder mystery and absurdist comedy, gives his fan what they most ever wanted. Veteran DoP, Cheng Siu-keung’s camerawork is marvelous and Lokman Yeung, a member of the Hong Kong boy band, “Mirror”, manages to bring pathos in portraying the young psychopath, Siu Tung, who resembles the dark city adrift in the midst of Covid-19. Two middle-aged guys hover around Siu. A fortune teller master tries to help Siu to avert his fate of committing murder by using tricks and devices. The other is the detective, who once sent Siu to jail. As high school student, Siu, kills a street cat, the detective believes that Siu’s bloodthirst is inevitable. On a rainy day, mad fate leads Siu to murder, and while he stares at the corpse of the prostitute, he’s fascinated, but he does not want to go to jail. He doesn’t want to succumb to that fate, but is it possible for his free will to defeat the power of “mad fate”? (Creta D. KIM)

Director

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Soi CHEANG

Born 1972, Macau, he is the director renowned for his various work screened at acclaimed international film festival. His latest film, black and white thriller Limbo (2021), premiered at the Berlinale and later earned him 14 nominations at the 40th Hong Kong Film Awards. He also succeeded achievement on commercial films, ‘The Monkey King’ series, with its total box office returns of over 440 million US dollars.

Credit

Producer
Johnnie TO, YAU Nai Hoi, Elaine CHU
Screenplay
YAU Nai Hoi, Melvin LI
Cinematographer
CHENG Siu Keung
Editor
Allen LEUNG
Sound
Chill YANG
Music
CHUNG Chi Wing, Ben CHEUNG
Production Design
Bruc YU
Cast
LAM Ka Tung, Lokman YEUNG, NG Wing Sze