HONG KONG CINEMA SHOWCASE
BAND FOUR
(4拍4家族)
U.S. PREMIERE
Hong Kong | Drama, Family, Music | 2023 | 107 minutes | In Cantonese w/English subtitles
DIRECTOR: Lai Yan Chi
STARRING: Kay Tse, Teddy Robin, Rondi Chan, Anny
Director Lai Yan Chi is scheduled to appear in-person for a film introduction and a post-film Q&A.
SYNOPSIS:
Cat admired her father King, who left home when she was ten. Years later, they meet again in a crematorium, where Cat is with her nine-year-old son Riley. King is with Cat’s half-blooded sister Lok Yin. After a period, the four of them decide to live together. This newly formed family has four different voices, each with their past lives, secrets, and fears. As the once-broken family members begin to set aside their differences and support one another, they will face even greater hardships with Cat’s genetic disease.
Directed by the celebrated theater actress and playwright, Mo Lai Yan-chi, “BAND FOUR is an amiable Hong Kong music drama that is far more comfortable costing on the natural charisma of its fresh-faced performers. Lai’s story may be fanciful in multiple ways, but the emotions she evokes with this music-driven film do mostly feel genuine.” - South China Morning Post.
Lai Yan Chi, Director
Lai is a professional theatre and film writer, director, actress, instructor of a theatre and video workshop, and coordinator of arts programs, also specializing in arts administration, stage supervision, video production, photography, and translation.
She is a Ten Outstanding Young Persons Selection awardee, the Hong Kong Spirit Ambassador and winner of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council’s Award for Young Artist (Film). Lai is also the chief actress with the independent theatre company named FM Theatre Power.
Saturday, April 20, 2024
2:00 PM
Doors open 30 minutes before screening.
AMC NEWCITY 14
1500 N. Clybourn Avenue Chicago, IL 60610
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THIS SCREENING IS PART OF OUR HONG KONG CINEMA SHOWCASE AND IS PRESENTED WITH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC & TRADE OFFICE NEW YORK.
