Archive of films Brother / GeGe
Hong Kong / China
2001, 90 min
Section:
Forum of Independents
Year: 2002
A young man from Hong Kong decides to go to China to look for his brother whom he has not heard from for three years. His only clue is a postcard sent from a small remote town in a highland province near Tibet.
Synopsis
A young man from Hong Kong decides to go to China to look for his brother whom he has not heard from for three years. His only clue is a postcard from a small town in remote Qinghai, a highland province near Tibet. There he encounters a girl who may have been his brother’s girlfriend, and a young motorcyclist who holds the key to his brother’s disappearance. For the young man, the trip becomes a spiritual journey of discovery whose outcome he could not have foreseen. The film was shot with almost no budget, a crew of six people (half of whom had no film experience) and no professional actors, in a location 4,000 meters above sea level.
About the director
Yan Yan Mak was born in Hong Kong in the 1970s and is a graduate of the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts. She has worked as a continuity girl, assistant director, production manager and assistant art director. Brother is her first feature.
About the film
Black & white, 35 mm
Section: | Forum of Independents |
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Director: | Yan Yan Mak |
Screenplay: | Yan Yan Mak |
Dir. of Photography: | Siuki Yip, Eric Lau |
Music: | Wang Lei |
Editor: | Tam Kwok-ming |
Producer: | Yan Yan Mak |
Production: | Abba Entertainment |
Cast: | Tam Kwok-ming, Jin Cai-hsia, Cai Tao |