''Father and Son'' (父子情) is a 1981 Hong Kong film directed by
Allen Fong
Allen Fong Yuk-ping (方育平) (born July 10, 1947) is a film director and one of the leaders of the Hong Kong New Wave of the late 1970s and early 1980s. His cinematic style is highly influenced by Italian neorealism. He also usually uses persona ...
. It won the
Best Film Award at the
1st Hong Kong Film Awards.
The story is about a not well-educated father with low-income job who wishes his son can become an important and successful person. However, his son cannot understand his father's wishes and often is in trouble and got
expelled from school. Despite his son's failure in school, the father is determined that he should get a good education so he marries his oldest daughter off to a rich man to ensure that his son's can study abroad and the college fee being paid.
Cast
* Shi Lei as Law San Muk
* Chu Hung as Mrs Law (as Hung Chu)
* Yung Wai-Man as Law Family Younger Brother
* Cheung Yu-Ngor as Law Kar-Hing
* Yun Sin-Mei as Law Kar-Hei
Awards
1st Hong Kong Film Awards
* Won: Best Film
* Won:
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* Academy Award for Best Director
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Allen Fong
Allen Fong Yuk-ping (方育平) (born July 10, 1947) is a film director and one of the leaders of the Hong Kong New Wave of the late 1970s and early 1980s. His cinematic style is highly influenced by Italian neorealism. He also usually uses persona ...
References
External links
IMDb entry
1981 films
Best Film HKFA
Hong Kong films
Films directed by Allen Fong
Films with screenplays by Lilian Lee
1980s Hong Kong films
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