Four families, one apartment, zero privacy — Cantonese comedy chaos ensues.
"Let's Build a Family" was made in memory of the late director Mok Hong-si in the name of the "Eight Brothers". Based on Mok's classic work "Crossroads" (1955), it features four households in a shared apartment, resulting in a series of hilarious events.
Acting
Lydia Shum's scene-stealing comic timing before superstardom.
Production
Elaborate single-set design squeezes four families into cinematic sardine can.
Director
Lee Tit
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Eight Brothers' were a director collective including Lee Tit and Chun Kim, who financed this as a memorial project after Mok Hong-si's sudden death.
The cramped tenement setting documents real 1960s Hong Kong housing crises; these 'tong lau' buildings were being demolished even as audiences laughed.
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