Night and Fog (2009 film) explained

Night and Fog
Director:Ann Hui
Producer:Ann Hui
Angela Wong
Jing Wong
Starring:Simon Yam
Zhang Jingchu
Jacqueline Law
Amy Chum
Audrey Chan
Ariel Chan
Music:Chan Si Lok
Cinematography:Charlie Lam
Runtime:122 minutes

Night and Fog is a 2009 Hong Kong film directed by Ann Hui. Based on a real murder-suicide case in Tin Shui Wai in 2004, the film attempts to raise awareness of some issues related to new immigrants in Hong Kong. The film stars Simon Yam as Lee Sum, the abusive husband, and Zhang Jingchu as Wong Hiu-ling, his wife.[1] [2] It is the second and final volume of Ann Hui's Tin Shui Wai series, the first one being The Way We Are.

The film was premiered at the 2009 Hong Kong International Film Festival on 22 March (along with Shinjuku Incident) and 31 March.[3] [4] It was on wide release in Hong Kong from 14 May 2009.

Awards and nominations

29th Hong Kong Film Awards[5] [6] [7] [8]

Granada Film Festival Cines del Sur (2010)

Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards (2010)[9]

Tokyo International Film Festival (2009)[10]

Vesoul Asian Film Festival (2010)

To Ten Chinese Films Festival (2010)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Edwards. Russell. 2009-03-31. Night and Fog. 2020-07-27. Variety. en.
  2. Web site: Chen. Ross. Night and Fog (天水圍的夜與霧) (2009). 2020-07-27. www.lovehkfilm.com.
  3. Web site: NIght and Fog. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181436/http://33.hkiff.org.hk/eng/film/title/1097.html. 3 March 2016. International HK Film Festival.
  4. Web site: Shinjuku Incident. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131016042915/http://33.hkiff.org.hk/eng/film/detail/1096.html. 16 October 2013. International HK Film Festival.
  5. Web site: List of Awardees of The 29th Hong Kong Film Awards. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140401035555/http://hkfaa.com/winnerlist29.html. 1 April 2014. 19 March 2017. Hong Kong Film Awards.
  6. Web site: The 29th Hong Kong Film Awards (2010). 19 March 2017. Mtime.com Inc.
  7. Web site: The 29th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards. 19 March 2017. Love HK Film.
  8. Web site: Night and Fog (2009) Awards. 27 July 2020. IMDb.
  9. Web site: 第十六屆香港電影評論學會大獎得獎理由撮要. 2020-07-27. 香港電影評論學會. zh-hant.
  10. Web site: Tokyo International Film Festival Night and Fog. 2020-07-27. 2009.tiff-jp.net.

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