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Night and Fog is a Hongkongais film of genre Drama directed by Ann Hui with Simon Yam
Night and Fog (2009)
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Add to a movie listNight and Fog (Traditional Chinese: 天水圍的夜與霧) is a 2009 Hong Kong film directed by Ann Hui. Based on a murder case that happened in Tin Shui Wai in 2004, the film attempts to raise awareness of some issues related to new immigrants in Hong Kong. The film stars Simon Yam and Zhang Jingchu who play the couple. 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 Hong Kong International Film Festival on 22 March 2009, along with Shinjuku Incident. It is on wide release in Hong Kong from 14 May 2009.
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La descente aux enfers d’une femme de Chine populaire mariée à un Hongkongais au chômage et ultra violent. Le couple vit dans la cité HLM de Tin Shui Wai à Hong-Kong.Actors
Simon Yam
(Lee Sum)
Zhang Jingchu
(Wong Hiu-ling)
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