FONGCHUK (EXILED)

Hong Kong/2006/Cantonese dialogue with English subtitles/Colour/35mm/108 mins

Macau, 1998, just before the city is returned to Chinese control. Rival gangs are realigning themselves for the forthcoming changes in a city of lucrative opportunity. Old gang members find themselves on opposite sides in a sensational extended opening shoot-out, when two are commissioned to kill a man by their Hong Kong boss and two are there to save him. Exhausted by their battle, the four hitmen and their intended victim relax and decide to re-unite under a rival gang boss, seeking a better pay-off involving a ton of gold.

“Set in a very stylised Macau, with two leading characters played by celebrated local actors Anthony Wong and Francis Ng, Exiled is a classic Hong Kong gangster movie. It could almost be a Serge Leone western, imbued with characteristic themes of brotherhood, exile, love and honour, and a strong sense of men now out of step with the times. Johnnie To (whose Election was at DIFF 2005) has proved a master of the gangster genre. Packed with balletic and inventive battles, richly self-conscious performances and a vein of black humour, Exiled was justly acclaimed by The Hollywood Reporter as ‘one of the finest gangster movies in years’.” – Simon Field

Director(s) :

Johnnie To

JOHNNIE TO was born in 1955 in Hong Kong and is one of the most important figures in Hong Kong cinema, with more than 30 feature credits as producer and more than 40 as director, across several genres. His films include A Hero Never Dies (1998; Audience Award, Far East Film Festival) and The Mission (1999; Best Director, Golden Horse Awards). For both PTU (2003) and Election (2005) he was named Best Director at the Hong Kong Film Awards.
Crew : Cheng Siu Keung(Cinematographer)Simon Yam(Main Cast), Szeto Kam-yuen(Scriptwriter), Yip Tin-shing(Scriptwriter), David Richardson(Editor), Guy Zerafa(Composer), Anthony Wong(Main Cast), Francis Ng(Main Cast), Nick Cheung(Main Cast), Josie Ho(Main Cast)
MPAA Rating : Contains frequent, strong violence
Format : Colour/35mm
Running Time : 108 mins
Country : China
Programme : Cinema of Asia
Venue : Mall of the Emirates - CineStar 8, Mall of the Emirates - CineStar 8, Mall of the Emirates - CineStar 8, Mall of the Emirates - CineStar 8, Mall of the Emirates - CineStar 7, Mall of the Emirates - CineStar 7
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