''The Secret'' is a 1979

Hong Kong movie The cinema of Hong Kong ( zh, t=香港電影) is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China and the cinema of Taiwan. As a former British colony, Hong Kong had a greater degree of ...

directed by Ann Hui. It is Hui's debut feature film.

Plot

The plot is based on real events, "the “Double Corpse Murder Case” in the Mount Lung Fu, an event that occurred in Hong Kong in 1970."

Reception

According to a very positive review on Asian Movie Pulse, ''The Secret i''s a''"''bright debut for a directress that managed to analyse Hong Kong identity within the frame of a commercial success".

References

1979 films 1970s Cantonese-language films Films directed by Ann Hui Hong Kong crime films 1970s Hong Kong films {{1980s-HongKong-film-stub