May You Stay Forever Young

classified 15 S

part of Hong Kong Film Festival On Tour 2022

Film

Please note: This was screened in April 2022

Director
Sam Lam and Rex Ren
Details
86 mins, & Subtitled, 2021, Hong Kong
Primary language
Cantonese

Made by a group of young filmmakers including Sum Lam and Xia Ren - who all chose not to stay anonymous - this tense drama captures the experience of the young people of Hong Kong standing up to oppression, and the personal consequences that come with fighting for a greater good.

In June 2019, there was a series of massive demonstrations against the Hong Kong Government’s attempt to revise and pass the Extradition Law: a controversial law allowing for the extradition of Hong Kongers to mainland China. This led to a chain of suicides by young protesters to validate their opposition.

YY a young Anti-Extradition Law protester announces she will commit suicide as a radical protest on social media, and a group of fellow protestors then race against time to find her before it is too late.

Sam Lam and Rex Ren's tense drama viscerally captures the experience of the young people of the city standing up to oppression, and the personal consequences that come with fighting for a greater good.


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