From an unhappy childhood experience, Law Ka Sing decisively hides his homosexual identity. Sing's partner of 8 years, young boyfriend Sunny is just the opposite, he has never minded publicly revealing his identity.
Acting
George Lam's restrained ache vs. Jordan Chan's explosive vulnerability.
Writing
Aunt 10 steals every scene with chaotic auntie energy.
Costume
Sunny's glorious refusal to dress 'respectably' is character work.
Director
Shu Kei
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of Hong Kong's first mainstream films centering gay male relationships without camp or tragedy-as-punishment tropes. Shu Kei fought censorship for the honest domestic scenes.
Jordan Chan was primarily known as a Triad film tough guy; this role was deliberate career sabotage that accidentally made him a queer cinema icon. The cast improvised the mahjong argument scene after 12 hours of shooting.
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