''Night and Fog'' () is a 2009 Hong Kong film directed by

Ann Hui Ann Hui On-wah, (; born 23 May 1947) is a film director, producer, screenwriter and actress from Hong Kong who is one of the most critically acclaimed filmmakers of the Hong Kong New Wave. She is known for her films about social issues in Hon ...

. Based on a real murder-suicide case in

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in 2004, the film attempts to raise awareness of some issues related to

new immigrants in Hong Kong New immigrants in Hong Kong () generally refers to migrants from mainland China ( Mainlanders). Despite its literal meaning, the term is rarely used to describe newly arrived immigrants from regions other than Mainland China. Since the transf ...

. The film stars

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as Lee Sum, the abusive husband, and

Zhang Jingchu Zhang Jingchu (, born 2 February 1980) is a Chinese film actress. Zhang is best known for winning the China Film Media Award Best Actress award for the 2005 film ''Peacock'', which was shown at the Berlin International Film Festival. Early l ...

as Wong Hiu-ling, his wife. It is the second and final volume of Ann Hui's Tin Shui Wai series, the first one being '' The Way We Are''. The film was premiered at the 2009

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on 22 March (along with ''

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'') and 31 March. It was on wide release in Hong Kong from 14 May 2009.

Awards and nominations

29th Hong Kong Film Awards The ceremony for the 29th Hong Kong Film Awards took place on 18 April 2010. Wang Po-chieh's original nomination for the Best New Performer was withdrawn after he was confirmed to be an actor in the 2008 Taiwan film '' Winds of September''. His no ...

* Nominated: Best Director (Ann Hui) * Nominated: Best Actor (Simon Yam) * Nominated: Best Actress (Zhang Jingchu) Granada Film Festival Cines del Sur (2010) * Winner (Special Jury Mention): Best Actor (Simon Yam) * Nominated: Golden Alhambra (Ann Hui) Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards (2010) * Nominated (HKFCS Award): Best Actor (Simon Yam) * Nominated (HKFCS Award): Best Actress (Zhang Jingchu)

Tokyo International Film Festival The is a film festival established in 1985. The event was held biennially from 1985 to 1991 and annually thereafter. Along with the Shanghai International Film Festival, it is one of Asia's competitive film festivals, and is considered to be the ...

(2009) * Nominated: Best Asian-Middle Eastern Film Award (Ann Hui) Vesoul Asian Film Festival (2010) * Nominated: Golden Wheel (Ann Hui) To Ten Chinese Films Festival (2010) * Winner (Youth Film Handbook Award): Top Ten Films (Ann Hui)

References

External links

* Hong Kong films 2009 films Films directed by Ann Hui Cantonese-language films 2000s Hong Kong films {{2000s-HongKong-film-stub