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Papa

One of the most acclaimed Hong Kong films of the year, Philip Yung’s latest is a heart-wrenching crime drama based on a shocking real life case

Acclaimed filmmaker Philip Yung (Port of Call) returns with gripping true crime drama Papa, the winner of multiple awards and which has been hailed as one of the best Hong Kong films of recent years. Café owner Nin’s life is shattered forever when his fifteen-year-old son Ming violently murders his mother and sister one evening. Diagnosed with acute schizophrenia, Ming is remanded indefinitely to a psychiatric prison, while Nin tries to continue his daily pedestrian existence, struggling with immense anger and grief. As time passes, he gives up on trying to understand the reasons for the tragedy, and tries to connect with his son, who despite everything is now his only remaining family.

 

 

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