G Affairs
New York Asian Film Festival 2019
June 28 - July 11, 2019
An intertwining menagerie of odd souls, including a bad cop and his teenage daughter, their lovers, a cellist, and an autistic man, reflect the darker chasms of Hong Kong society in Lee Cheuk-pan’s bold and shocking debut.
Q&A with Lee Cheuk Pan and actress Hanna Chan
A brooding cellist plays in his apartment. A policeman meets his prostitute lover next door. A head crashes through a window. Thus begins a myriad of strange stories that satellite around the bad cop’s pretty daughter, Yu Ting, who is top of her class in high school. She is also having an affair with her teacher, while the cellist and an easily manipulated autistic man pine after her. As this menagerie of odd souls intertwine, the mystery unravels, reflecting the darker chasms of Hong Kong society. Lee Cheuk Pan’s outrageous debut is the desperate scream of a bold and shocking new cinematic voice.
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