''Permanent Residence'' () is a 2009 Hong Kong film starring

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and

Osman Hung Osman Hung Chi-kit (born 20 March 1979) is a Hong Kong actor and singer-songwriter of the Cantopop group EO2. Life and career Hung has appeared in several films, and in 2009 took the joint-lead role in '' Permanent Residence'', playing the chara ...

. It was directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Danny Cheng, also known as

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. The film explores several themes traditionally regarded as 'taboo' in Hong Kong society, in an unusually open, convention-defying way, and features full-frontal male nudity in several scenes. It is the second of seven publicly released films by Scud. The six other films are: '' City Without Baseball'' in 2008, ''

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'' in 2010, '' Love Actually... Sucks!'' in 2011, ''

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'' in 2013, '' Utopians'' in 2015 and ''

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'' in 2017. The eighth film, ''Apostles'', was made in 2022, as was the ninth, ''Bodyshop'', but neither has yet been released. The tenth and final film, ''Naked Nations: Hong Kong Tribe'', is currently in production.

Plot

The film explores the near true-life story of a young Chinese man (said to be a semi-autobiography of the film's writer/producer), who seeks a long-term relationship with a straight friend. The friend is aware of his inclination, and is happy to befriend him, but is very reluctant to express open affection for him or to become emotionally involved.

Production

''Permanent Residence'' examines the limit of life, and is the first of a trilogy: the second, called ''

'', examines the limits of passion, while the third, known as ''Life of an Artist'', examines the limits of art. Amphetamine was screened at the

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on 15 February 2010, and was also shown at the

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on 6 April 2010. The third film, ''Life of an Artist'', has not yet been released. In the album book that accompanies the film, the director, Scud appears naked as he replaces Sean Li in the photos in an attempt to emphasize the semi-autobiographical nature of the film. Publicity videos accompanying the film also feature the full-frontal nudity of famous Hong Kong model

Byron Pang Byron Pang Koon-kei () is a Hong Kong actor and former model of Jiexi, Guangdong Hakka descent. He first appeared as a runner-up contestant for Mr. Hong Kong in 2005. His appearances include the leading role in the 2010 film '' Amphetamine'' ...

, who was a contestant in the Mr. Hong Kong 2005 contest, and the film's director ('Scud'), himself. The film was said by critics to be both insightful and mournful as it reflects on the fleeting nature of love and mortality.

Cast

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as Ivan *

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as Josh Aviv *

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as Nam * Eva Lo as Eva

DVD & Blu-ray

A Panorama Distribution (HK) edition of this film was released internationally on DVD on 5 October 2009 and on Blu-ray Disc on 4 August 2011. A US Blu-ray edition was released on 3 May 2011.

References

External links

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Chinese Movie Database - English version
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