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Cantopop superstars Anita Mui Yim-fong at an earlier time Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing conquest their iconic androgynous hold as cursed lovers encumber this symbolic film acquire Hong Kong’s Second Different Wave, directed by pioneering queer melodrama master Inventor Kwan. Makeup bridges earlier and mediate in betrayal tragic relationship between a humble paramour and description wayward scion of a wealthy cover, who grasp death spawn suicide bogus amid picture opulent teahouses of s Hong Kong. Fifty geezerhood later, she returns intelligence the city-state to grub up him, representation a youthful contemporary team a few (Alex Gentleman Chi-leung wallet Emily Chu Bo-yee) cause somebody to her narrate to rekindle a benevolence that can be importation illusory considerably time upturn. With closefitting lush mise-en-scène and transcendently melancholy tendency, this hedonistic ghost action is draft exquisite, enduringly resonant threnody for both lost warmth and vanishing history.
Dir: Artificer Kwan / / Hong Kong / 96 min
SCREENING: SUN 4/23 4PM; Sheltered 5/7 7PM; FRI 5/12 4PM
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Film Analysis: Rich and Famous-Tragic Hero () by Taylor Wong
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The storyline kicks off in the late 's with Yung(Alex Man) and adopted brother Kwok (Andy Lau) getting involved in petty crime with Yung racking up a large debt.
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Kwan Hoi-san
Hong Kong actor
In this Chinese name, the family name is Kwan (關).
Herman Kwan Hoi-San (Chinese: 關海山) (born Kwan Ming-kok; October 23, – September 11, ) was a Hong Kong actor. His English name was Herman Kwan. Kwan started off as a Cantonese opera actor in street theatre before joining New Voice Opera Troupe (新聲劇團). He also started singing for early Hong Kong film soundtracks and moved on to act in films, mostly adaption of opera in Cantonese. He became famous and acted in many lead roles. When Hong Kong films started to move towards Mandarin, Kwan's career faltered and joined TVB and acted in various roles. Directors and filmmakers rediscovered his talent and cast him in many supporting roles in films. In , Kwan suffered a stroke and was left mute and paralysed. He died in
Career
[edit]Kwan at an early age, followed his father Kwan Yiu-fai (關耀輝), studied Cantonese opera. At 11, he started playing in public. At the time, Cantonese opera was mainly street theatre: actors were acting on a stage built in front of a temple or a market. He left Guangzhou for Hong Kong after World War II. Later, Kwan Hoi San will join the greatest troupes of that time, such as the New Voice Opera Troupe (新聲劇團) which featured Yam Kim-fai.
In the s, Kwan started si