''Made in Hong Kong'' (香港製造) is a 1997

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drama film written and directed by

Fruit Chan Fruit Chan Gor (; born 15 April 1959) is a Hong Kong Second Wave filmmaker who is best known for his style of film reflecting the everyday life of Hong Kong people. He is well known for using amateur actors (such as Sam Lee in '' Made in Ho ...

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and produced by

Andy Lau Andy Lau Tak-wah (; born 27 September 1961) is a Hong Kong actor, singer-songwriter and film producer. He has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maint ...

and starring Sam Lee, Yim Hui-Chi,

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, and Tam Ka-Chuen. It won the Best Picture Award at the 1998

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along with 13 other wins and 6 nominations. The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the

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at the

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, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Much of the film is set in subsidised housing projects, which Chan considered to be 'a very Hong Kong thing' due to the high population density of the region. Though the film is sometimes regarded as a response to the 1997

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, Chan feels that ''Made in Hong Kong'' can also be viewed as a character-driven drama that reflects the lifestyle of many young Hong Kong people at the time. The film was made using leftover film reels and therefore had very low production costs, even for an independent movie.

Plot

The narrator, Autumn Moon, is a high school drop-out whose father has abandoned his family for his mistress. He has nightmares about a classmate who committed suicide along with constant wet dreams after coming into possession of a love letter belonging to her. Moon works with his friend, Sylvester who is a retard, as a debt collector for a Triad member and falls for Ping, the daughter of a debtor. She has a fatal kidney disease, so the teenager accepts an assassination contract to pay her medical fees. When Ping and Sylvester are dead, Moon decides to take revenge on the world before committing suicide.

Cast and roles

* Sam Lee - To Chung-Chau, 'Moon' * Neiky Yim Hui-Chi - Lam Yuk-Ping, 'Ping' * Wenders Li - Ah-Lung, 'Sylvester' (credited as Wenbers Li Tung-Chuen) * Amy Tam Ka-Chuen - Hui Bo San, 'Susan' * Carol Lam Kit-Fong - Mrs. Lam, Ping's mother * Doris Chow Yan-Wah - Mrs. To, Moon's mother * Siu Chung - Ms. Lee, social worker * Chan Tat-Yee - Fat Chan * Wu Wai-Chung - Keung * Sang Chan - 'Big Brother', Cheung Siu-Wing * Kelvin Chung - Doctor * Ah Ting - Moon's father * Jessica - Moon's father's current wife * Ah Wai - Assassin on skateboard * Ho B-Chai - Male student

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