| A Family Affair | |||||||||||||||
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| Director: | Dean Shek | ||||||||||||||
| Producer: | Raymond Wong | ||||||||||||||
| Starring: | Dean Shek Samuel Hui Jenny Tseng Olivia Cheng Melvin Wong | ||||||||||||||
| Music: | Lam Miu-tak | ||||||||||||||
| Cinematography: | Joe Chan | ||||||||||||||
| Editing: | Tony Chow | ||||||||||||||
| Studio: | Cinema City & Films Co. | ||||||||||||||
| Distributor: | Golden Princess Film Production | ||||||||||||||
| Runtime: | 97 minutes | ||||||||||||||
| Country: | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||
| Language: | Cantonese | ||||||||||||||
| Gross: | HK$22,129,187 | ||||||||||||||
A Family Affair is a 1984 Hong Kong comedy-drama film directed by and starring Dean Shek, and co-starring Samuel Hui, Jenny Tseng, Olivia Cheng and Melvin Wong.
Wing-cheung (Samuel Hui) and his wife Nancy (Olivia Cheng) have separated due to personality clashes, leaving their pair of children, 10-year-old Maisy and 7-year-old Tommy, under the care of Nancy's father, Alex (Dean Shek). Not long after, Wing-cheung and Nancy have each met new lovers. Not wanting his grandchildren to fall into the hands of stepparents, Alex devise a plan for Wing-cheung and Nancy to reconcile. However, his plan backfires and Wing-cheung and Nancy eventually file for divorce. Feeling disappointed and upset, Tommy and Maisy run away from home.
So Good Review gave the film a negative review criticizing the mood of the film as "irritating" and its melodramatic moments as "hysteria".[1]
The film grossed HK$22,129,187 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 15 August to 5 September 1984.