Love Lies (我談的那場戀愛)

Saturday, April 12, 2025
6:30 PM 8:15 PM

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APUC Competition - This film is in the running for APUC’s Francis Kwong Memorial Award (for an emerging new director)

Special Guests: Director Ho Miu-ki and producer Chan Hing Ka are scheduled to appear in-person to introduce the film and participate in a post-film Q&A.

Love Lies
(我談的那場戀愛)

An online romance scam changes two strangers’ lives in this Hong Kong sleeper hit

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Hong Kong | Comedy-Drama | 2024 | 116 minutes
In Cantonese w/ Chinese and English Subtitles

Director: Ho Miu-ki
Screenwriters: Ho Miu-ki, Chan Hing-kei
Starring: Sandra Ng, Michael Cheung, Stephy Tang, Chan Fai-hung
Film Source: One Cool Films

Director Ho Miu-ki and producer Chan Hing Ka are scheduled to appear in-person to introduce the film and participate in a post-film Q&A.

SYNOPSIS:

Widowed doctor Veronica falls for a French engineer named “Alain” on a dating app. However, what she doesn’t know is that “Alain” is actually a young man who works for an online romance scamming ring. But when “Alain” begins to feel sorry for Veronica, an unlikely connection starts to form.

Screenwriter Ho Miu-ki’s exploration of bonds forged in deception looks at online dating scams with empathy for both sides of the crime. With a splendid award-nominated performance by Sandra Ng and a charismatic turn by pop star Micheal Cheung, the film touches on loneliness and emotional trauma with poignancy.

Ho Miu-ki, Director