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From all the films I"ve seen I can only remember Heiward Mak"s Lit Yat Dong Hung, a worthy entry that deserves more love. Looking bachồng a little further there"s also David Lai"s Lonely Fifteen, a film that"s closely connected lớn this one. With that in mind, it"s safe lớn say that Philip Yung"s May We Chat
Point in case: May We Chat. It"s smart, good-looking, edgy & provocative sầu, but reactions khổng lồ the film have sầu been overly tepid. That is, reactions from the few people that actually watched it. I do have sầu lớn admit that it"s probably not the easiest film lớn sell, HK audiences are clearly not big fans of provocative sầu cinema & the topic can be quite daunting for foreigners not used lớn Asian youth culture. But putting all that aside, this is a film that would suit many Western film fests looking for a hidden gem lớn brighten up their program.
May We Chat follows the lives of three girls lost in a sea of people. They crave sầu attention, but for different reasons nobody toàn thân is there khổng lồ take care of them. Wai-Wai lives in poverty và raises her younger sister while doing some odd jobs to survive sầu, deaf-mute Ying goes on paid dates to lớn escape life with her dementing grandmother & Yan suffers from romantic troubles while living separated from her mother & father. The three keep each other company through WeChat, a popular phone chat app that connects people in a nearby area. When Yan disappears from the ứng dụng, Wai-Wai và Ying meet up to lớn find out what happened to her.
The soundtrack is a little less adventurous. While there are a few traditional drama pieces (of the piano/string kind), most of the soundtraông xã is based on Chinese pop music. I"m not a connoisseur of the Hong Kong music scene though, so I might be mistaken, but don"t expect too much in the way of a thrilling soundtraông xã. That said, it goes well with the setting and it isn"t truly grueling to listen lớn, so I won"t complain too much, but May We Chat could"ve benefited from either classier or edgier musical choices.
Taking up the parts of the main characters are three novice actresses. Kabby Hui, Rainky Wai và Heidi Lee perkhung well, especially considering their lack of experience và the challenging roles they were given. Youthful energy is essential for a lượt thích this và between the three of them there clearly is no laông chồng of it. One can only hope that the limited nudity in the film won"t stain the rest of their careers, seeing how prude Hong Kong can be. Also interesting are the additions of Irene Wan and Tak-woh Mak, both reprising their roles from Liang Mei Zai. While May We Chat is hardly a sequel to lớn Lai"s film, it offers a little extra context that adds khổng lồ theme of the film.
Not only is May We Chat a very welcome và needed addition to lớn the Hong Kong filmography, it"s also a great film regardless. The acting is svào, the film looks beautiful and the problems the characters face feel genuine. Yung doesn"t seem to lớn judge his subjects, nor is the film a one-sided warning against a derailing generation of youngster. Here"s to lớn hoping the film can inspire other directors in Hong Kong to venture more outside of their walled gardens, but looking at the reception of May We Chat I fear chances are slyên ổn. Whatever the case, Yung made a superb film & deserves all the credit for taking this much risk.