Hong Kong Dreaming
Fiona comes back to Hong Kong to attend her father's funeral. A series of events lead her to the treasures of childhood. A postmodern romantic comedy. A London university dropout returns to the gritty…
Hong Kong Dreaming
Fiona comes back to Hong Kong to attend her father's funeral. A series of events lead her to the treasures of childhood. A postmodern romantic comedy. A London university dropout returns to the gritty streets of Hong Kong in search of the childhood memories of her deceased father and for her tax-free inheritance to sustain her Royal-Borough-of-Kensington lifestyle. Unfortunately, she finds out that he died penniless and alone, with only a clue to a treasure he left especially for her. Meanwhile, she runs into her high school tormentor, Charlie, a broke, nervous and lost actor wannabe. Together, they hunt down her father's inheritance to make both their dreams come true. A film about the true value of money and the dull pain of lost identities. —Naomi Watts Fiona a student of architecture in London returns to Hong Kong where she spent most of her childhood to attend her estranged father's funeral, though after her parents separated she never again met or heard from her father, she returns just to get a closure and move on with life. Unsure about how she feels about her father, she has mixed feelings about his passing away and is confused about how to deal with the loss. Here she unexpectedly meets her best friend from her school days, Charlie. Charlie now is not doing much with his life but is trying to dabble in some acting, but seems lost in life. After the funeral she still cannot get back because her father has left her a letter that seems to be leading her somewhere, pointing towards something, though he died penniless, it seems that he might have left her something. So she and Charlie together work to unravel the parting puzzle that her dad's left her. But in the meantime she and Charlie also spend a lot of time together, getting to know about each other's lives now, it's a simple story about ordinary people, living ordinary lives, coming to terms with their own short comings and those of others. It's a little about friendship, a little about love, a little about life and a small bit about Dreams. —tapas
Hong Kong Dreaming
Drama,Romance
Film Details
Fiona comes back to Hong Kong to attend her father's funeral. A series of events lead her to the treasures of childhood. A postmodern romantic comedy.
A London university dropout returns to the gritty streets of Hong Kong in search of the childhood memories of her deceased father and for her tax-free inheritance to sustain her Royal-Borough-of-Kensington lifestyle. Unfortunately, she finds out that he died penniless and alone, with only a clue to a treasure he left especially for her. Meanwhile, she runs into her high school tormentor, Charlie, a broke, nervous and lost actor wannabe.
Together, they hunt down her father's inheritance to make both their dreams come true. A film about the true value of money and the dull pain of lost identities. —Naomi Watts Fiona a student of architecture in London returns to Hong Kong where she spent most of her childhood to attend her estranged father's funeral, though after her parents separated she never again met or heard from her father, she returns just to get a closure and move on with life.
Unsure about how she feels about her father, she has mixed feelings about his passing away and is confused about how to deal with the loss. Here she unexpectedly meets her best friend from her school days, Charlie. Charlie now is not doing much with his life but is trying to dabble in some acting, but seems lost in life.
After the funeral she still cannot get back because her father has left her a letter that seems to be leading her somewhere, pointing towards something, though he died penniless, it seems that he might have left her something. So she and Charlie together work to unravel the parting puzzle that her dad's left her. But in the meantime she and Charlie also spend a lot of time together, getting to know about each other's lives now, it's a simple story about ordinary people, living ordinary lives, coming to terms with their own short comings and those of others.
It's a little about friendship, a little about love, a little about life and a small bit about Dreams. —tapas.