One of Hong Kong's most influential filmmakers, Ann Hui, becomes a “star” for the first time in Man Lim-chung's directorial debut. A forerunner of the New Wave, Hui’s tumultuous, forty-year career is an unequivocal testimony to her unyielding dedication to filmmaking, and her expedition into the metamorphic city. This biopic probes into the acclaimed director’s idiosyncratic world, where we witness her rashness and goofiness, as well as her humanistic concerns for the everyday nobodies which make her films so moving.
Direction
Man Lim-chung lets Ann Hui be gloriously, messily human.
Production
Archival footage spanning four decades of Hong Kong cinema.
Editing
Seamless weave of career peaks, failures, and mundane moments.
Director
Man Lim-Chung
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ann Hui initially refused this documentary; she only relented when her long-time assistant Man Lim-chung insisted it wouldn't be hagiography.
Hui's 1982 film 'Boat People' was so politically incendiary that Mainland China banned her for a decade — yet she kept making films about exactly those 'everyday nobodies' the state ignored.
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