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The Contract is a Hongkongais film of genre Comedy directed by Michael Hui with Michael Hui
The Contract (1978)
Mai shen qi
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Add to a movie listMr Boo fait de la télévision (契身賣, Mai shen qi), aussi connu sous le titre The Contract, est une comédie hongkongaise co-écrite et réalisée par Michael Hui, sortie le 3 août 1978 à Hong Kong. Elle nous plonge dans l'univers des coulisses de la télévision hongkongaise des années 1970.
Quatrième film des frères Hui, cette comédie se hisse à la première place du box-office hongkongais de 1978 avec plus de 7,1 millions HK$ de recettes. Au-delà de son aspect comique, le film est une critique du monde télévisé et de la dérive sadique qu'il peut prendre, juste pour le plaisir des téléspectateurs. Michael Hui était parfaitement au courant de ce milieu, ayant débuté comme présentateur de jeux télévisés. Mais il s'agit également d'une critique du monde du travail avec un personnage principal essayant de s'en sortir par tous les moyens face à un patron impitoyable.
Le film est nominé pour trois prix à la 15e cérémonie des Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Michael Hui obtenant ainsi sa seule nomination à un Golden Horse Award jusqu'en 2016 pour Godspeed ) et remporte finalement seulement le prix du meilleur montage.
La bande-originale du film est composée et interprétée par Sam Hui, une habitude pour les films des frères Hui.
Synopsis
Chi-man (Michael Hui), homme à tout faire et acteur raté, est un employé de la chaîne Mouse TV (MTV) qui ne se voit proposer que des tâches de second plan comme de la figuration très loin derrière les vedettes. Il rencontre alors un représentant de la chaîne concurrente Cat TV (CTV) qui lui propose un contrat très intéressant de cinq ans pour le débaucher. Cependant, son contrat de huit ans avec MTV n'est pas encore arrivé à terme et le nouveau directeur de la chaîne (l'ancien s'est fait désavoué par le conseil d’administration qui l'a jeté par la fenêtre par la même occasion) n'a pas l'intention de le laisser partir. Chi-man, avec l'aide de son frère magicien, Sai-kit (Sam Hui), et de son autre frère inventeur pseudo-scientifique, Chi-ying (Ricky Hui), va élaborer d’improbables stratagèmes pour récupérer son contrat.Actors
Michael Hui
(Sit Chi Man)
Ricky Hui
(Sit Chi Ying)
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