SCM 25 Alumni Film Screening & Post-screening Talk: Fagara《花椒之味》

Screening

Our alumna Heiward Mak's fourth film, starring Sammi Cheng, confirms her as one of the most promising writer-directors to emerge in Hong Kong in recent times. "Fagara" has 15 nominations, including Best Picture at the Hong Kong Film Awards in 2020, and won the Best Art Direction. The film has been selected for the Busan International Film Festival 2019.

21 Mar 2024
4:00 pm Screening (in DCP format)
6:00 pm Post-screening discussion with Film Director Heiward Mak. Conducted by Prof Louisa Wei.
Future Cinema Studio (M6094), L6, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, City University of Hong Kong
Free admission. No prior registration is required.
Fagara poster

This programme is by invitation only for CityU students, alumni and staff on a first-come, first-served basis. Online pre-registration required for CityU alumni by 20 March, 09:00 am at https://forms.gle/AzV2jn4nFcJUsqF69

"Fagara"

DCP | Hong Kong | 2019 | 118 mins | In Cantonese and Putonghua with Chinese and English subtitles

Adapted from the novel "My Love is So Spicy" by Amy Cheung

Produced by: Ann Hui, Julia Chu

Written and directed by: Heiward Mak

Director of Cinematography: S. K. Yip (HKSC)

Production & Costume Designer: Cheung Siu Hong

Edited by: Heiward Mak, Chung Siu Hong

Original music: Yusuke Hatano

Starring: Sammi Cheng, Megan Lai, Li Xiaofeng

Co-starring: Liu Juei Chi, Wu Yanshu

Special Appearances: Richie Jen, Kenny Bee

Guest Appearances: Andy Lau

SYNOPSIS

After her father died, a Hong Kong girl discovers she has two hitherto unknown sisters, one in Taiwan and one in China. To settle her father’s debt, she must reunite with them to run the family’s hot pot restaurant. While the androgynous Taiwan sister is plagued by her toxic relationship with her mother, the fashionista sister from China is trying to fend off her grandmother’s pressure to get married. Meanwhile, she is striving to unshackle herself from her ex-boyfriend in order to start a new relationship.

 

《花椒之味》

DCP | 香港 | 2019 | 118分鐘 | 粵語及普通話,中英文字幕

改編自張小嫻小說《我的愛如此麻辣》

監製:許鞍華、朱嘉懿

編劇及導演:麥曦茵

攝影指導:葉紹麒(HKSC)

美術及造型總監: 張兆康

剪接:麥曦茵、鍾邵康

原創音樂: 波多野裕介

領銜主演:鄭秀文、賴雅妍、李曉峰

主演:劉瑞琪、吳彥姝

特別演出:鍾鎮濤、任賢齊

友情客串:劉德華

故事大綱

任職旅行社的如樹(鄭秀文飾),善於為人策劃出走行程,卻走不出生命中的不安。 一天,醫院傳來父親夏亮(鍾鎮濤飾)死訊,她一貫冷靜,處理父親後事。 然後才得悉自己原來有兩個同父異母的妹妹,如枝(賴雅妍飾)、如果(李曉峰飾),分別住在台北和重慶。二人最後告別亡父,亦是三姊妹初會。 雖然如樹一直在港與父親生活,其實從沒原諒父親,亦不理解他的心。倒是兩個素昧平生的「妹妹」,給她重新認識父親的機會,並在彼此身上找到血緣羈絆。 同時,從父親在醫院認識的陌生人蔡浩山(任賢齊飾)口中,如樹更認識她前所未知的父親為人;而前未婚夫天恩(劉德華飾),亦以包容伴她過渡一切。過往不(願)理解的,似乎漸漸解得開…… 團聚後,終會各奔前程,應對各自生活:如樹對感情的不信任與執着、如枝在事業和母女關係的不如意、如果與相依為命的婆婆終將分離……