Two high school students from very different backgrounds participate in a musical with mentally disabled children, which eventually leads to the realisation of their dreams and aspirations.
Acting
Jennifer Yu's restrained performance—no heroics, just humanity.
Direction
Jevons Au avoids disability tropes with documentary-like patience.
Director
Jevons Au Man-Kit
Jennifer Yu
Zoey Chin
Sham Ka-Ki
Ng Ka-Ho
Cecilia Yip Tung
Mrs. Chin
Jo Kok Cho-Lam
Grace Chui
Stephen Au Kam-Tong
Mr. Hung
Cheung Kwok-Keung
Mr. Chin
Chung King-Fai
Zoey's grandfather
Fish Liew Chi-Yu
Shun
Rain Lau Yuk-Chui
Eric Kwok Wai-Leung
Ms. Chui's husband
Dominic Lam Ka-Wah
Mr. Ng
Joman Chiang
Miss Chan
Neo Yau
Grey goods trader
Sam Leung Kin-Ping
Principal of Elite Girl School
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Jevons Au is part of Hong Kong's 'post-80s' filmmaker wave, known for socially conscious indie cinema that rarely gets mainland distribution.
The film's Mandarin title '非同凡響' cleverly means both 'extraordinary' and 'not like the average sound'—a pun on disability representation.
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