One Second Champion
New York Asian Film Festival 2021
August 6 - 22, 2021
A sad-sack single father is transformed into the One-Second Champion, able to see a moment into the future, in this inspiring twist on the fight film.
One Second Champion is available in the FLC Virtual Cinema beginning August 9. Get tickets here.
Known as the “One-Second Wonder,” Chow Tin-yan could see things a moment before they happened, and as a child he enjoyed brief celebrity for his gift. But fame was a flash in the pan, leaving him a sad-sack single father struggling to get by. Cue an asthmatic boxer who by chance transforms him into the One-Second Champion, winning match after match with dazzlingly fast moves. An angered opponent spurs melodrama, and a new challenge is set for the third act. All the right targets are hit in this gloriously fun and inspiring twist on the fight film from Chiu Sin-hang, co-director of Vampire Cleanup Department (NYAFF 2017).
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