| Dealer/Healer | |||||||||||||||
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| Director: | Lawrence Ah Mon | ||||||||||||||
| Producer: | Julia Chu Peter Chan Cho King-man Esther Koo Ren Yue Diao Lijun Tang Wai-chuk Yang Guang Lee Wai Lam Yuet-lan Ricky Fan | ||||||||||||||
| Screenplay: | Chan Man-keung Lam Wai-kuk | ||||||||||||||
| Starring: | Sean Lau Gordon Lam Jiang Yiyan Louis Koo Zhang Jin | ||||||||||||||
| Music: | Yue Yat-yiu Edgar Hung | ||||||||||||||
| Cinematography: | Zhang Ying | ||||||||||||||
| Editing: | Wong Hoi | ||||||||||||||
| Studio: | Sil-Metropole Organisation Leap Eagle Media Culture Dalian Erdong Filming and Cultural Cheers Studio Sil-Meteropole Oragnisation (Guangzhou) Film & TV Culture Beijing Each Media Sumeru Culture Media (Shenzhen) Dreams Salon Entertainment Culture | ||||||||||||||
| Distributor: | Intercontinental Film Distributors (HK) | ||||||||||||||
| Runtime: | 101 minutes[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Country: | Hong Kong China | ||||||||||||||
| Language: | Cantonese | ||||||||||||||
| Gross: | (China) | ||||||||||||||
Dealer/Healer is a 2017 Hong Kong-Chinese action crime drama film directed by Lawrence Ah Mon and starring Sean Lau, Gordon Lam and Jiang Yiyan, with special appearances by Louis Koo and Zhang Jin.[2] The film is based on the story of former Hong Kong triad member Peter Chan's recovery from drug addiction. Chan, who is portrayed in the film by Lau, served as one of the producers of the film.[3] It was released in China on 12 May 2017[4] and in Hong Kong on 18 May 2017.
During the 1960s-70s in Hong Kong, when the police were corrupt and triads ruled the city, it was the glorious days for Chan Wah (Sean Lau), La Ba (Gordon Lam), Kitty (Zhang Jin) and their brothers. Chan, who was very arrogant, was regarded as the leader of the "Thirteen Naughty Children of Tsz Wan Shan". Chan later meets the love of his life, Ho-yau (Jiang Yiyan), and spent his sweetest times with her. However, good times do not as long as Chan was being hunted down for drug trafficking. Fortunately, Chan was able to escape from death with the help of his frienemy, Halley (Louis Koo), who is the leader of the Anti-Drug Unit of the police force, but was unable to escape from the law. After being released from prison, Chan's father died while Ho-yau went missing, causing him to greatly blame himself. Chan realized his past mistakes and is determined to turn over a new leaf. Not only does he actively participate in helping youths rehab from drugs, he was also awarded as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Hong Kong. He also influenced La Ba and Kitty to the right path and helped mediate disputes among the triads and garnered great respects from both the triads and the police. Once while attending a drug treatment lectures in Japan, Chan encounters Ho-yau and once again wants to be together with her.
Production for the film began on 26 October 2015 at the Drug Rehabilitation Center of The New Being Christian Fellowship in Pak Tam Chung.[5]
The film grossed on its opening weekend in mainland China.[2] It has grossed there so far.[4]