Hold You Tight (film)
| Hold You Tight 愈快樂愈墮落 | |
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| Directed by | Stanley Kwan |
| Written by | Jimmy Ngai Elmond Yeung |
| Produced by | Raymond Chow |
| Starring | Sunny Chan |
| Cinematography | Kwan Pung-Leung |
| Edited by | Maurice Li |
| Music by | Keith Leung Yat-Yiu Yu |
Production company | Kwan's Creative Workshop |
| Distributed by | Pony Canyon |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 min |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
Hold You Tight (Chinese: 愈快樂愈墮落; pinyin: Yù kuàilè yù duòluò) is a 1998 Hong Kong romantic drama film directed by Stanley Kwan.[1] The film features full-frontal male nudity.[2]
It is Stanley Kwan's seventh feature film, and he says that his previous two documentaries A Personal Memoir of Hong Kong and Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema had strong influences on making this film: "Both of them evolved from my thoughts on family background and upbringing, my career as a filmmaker, my sexual orientation and my identity as a Chinese man living in a British colony. The film was written for Hong Kong actress Chingmy Yau who plays two roles, a young executive and a worldly boutique owner."[3]
Cast
[edit]- Chingmy Yau as Ah Moon/Rosa Gao
- Sunny Chan as Fung Wai
- Eric Tsang as Tong
- Lawrence Ko as A-che
- Sandra Ng Kwan Yue as Video Dealer
- Tony Rayns as Rosa's Friend
Awards
[edit]In 1998, Hold You Tight won the FIPRESCI Prize — Special Mention and Silver Screen Award for Best Actor at the Singapore International Film Festival, the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Alfred Bauer Prize and Teddy Award at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival.[4] The following year, it won the Award of the Pestalozzi Children's Village Foundation at the Fribourg International Film Festival and the Film of Merit award at the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards.[5]
See also
[edit]
- List of Hong Kong films of 1998
- List of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films
- List of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-related films by storyline
- Nudity in film (East Asian cinema since 1929)
References
[edit]- ^ Bhob Stewart (2015). "Hold You Tight". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015.
- ^ Kwan's patchy epic loses its grip. Paul Fonoroff. Publisher: South China Morning Post (in English). Published: 13 March 1998. Retrieved: 18 April 2014.
- ^ "Wettbewerb/In Competition". Moving Pictures, Berlinale Extra. Berlin. 11–22 February 1998. p. 22.
- ^ "Berlinale: 1998 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- ^ "Awards for Yue kuai le, yue duo luo". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 18 January 2008.
External links
[edit]- 1998 films
- 1998 romantic drama films
- 1990s Cantonese-language films
- Chinese LGBTQ-related films
- Chinese romantic drama films
- Chinese independent films
- Films directed by Stanley Kwan
- Films set in Hong Kong
- Gay-related films
- Hong Kong independent films
- Hong Kong LGBTQ-related films
- LGBTQ-related romantic drama films
- 1998 LGBTQ-related films
- 1998 independent films
- 1990s Hong Kong films