After This Our Exile
After This Our Exile (父子, literally Father-Son) is a 2006 Hong Kong drama film directed by Patrick Tam. A critical hit, the film won both the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film and the Golden Horse Award for Best Feature Film awards, as well as netting Aaron Kwok his second consecutive win for the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor, after having won the award for his performance in Divergence the previous year.
| After This Our Exile | |
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| Directed by | Patrick Tam |
| Produced by | Chiu Li-kuang Eric Tsang Yu Dong |
| Written by | Patrick Tam Tian Koi-leong |
| Starring | Aaron Kwok Charlie Yeung Gouw Ian Iskandar |
| Music by | Robert Ellis-Geiger |
| Cinematography | Pin Bing Lee |
| Edited by | Patrick Tam |
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Running time | 121 minutes (Theatrical) 159 minutes (Director's cut) |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Budget | HK$20,000,000 (estimated) |
Plot
In hopeless pursuit of happiness, Shing (Aaron Kwok) is a man who desperately attempts to hold on to the dwindling threads of his family. Once a man who had a dream, Shing has become a deadbeat gambler whose marriage is failing with wife Lin (Charlie Yeung). Shing's machoistic ego over-rides any reasonable logic for change, which forces Lin to leave Shing repeatedly. After finally managing to escape, Shing is left with nothing but his son, Lok-Yun (Goum Ian Iskandar).
Hoping in vain to pay back loansharks, Shing turns to his loving son, Lok-Yun, who has somehow retained his filial loyalty. In his most desperate hour, Shing forces his struggle of survival onto his son, Lok-Yun, through thievery and tests the strength of loyalty and the boundaries of trust in their father-son relationship. With each passing day, the bond of love is threatened with Shing's unrepentant ways.
Cast
- Aaron Kwok as Chow Cheung-Sheng
- Charlie Yeung as Lee Yuk-Lin
- Gouw Ian Iskandar as Chow Lok-Yun
- Kelly Lin as Fong
- Qin Hailu as Ha Je
- Valen Hsu as Jennifer
- Lester Chan as Strong Man
- Lan Hsin-mei
- Allen Lin as Sick boy's father
- Qin Hao as School bus driver
- Chui Tien-you as Chow Lok-yun (young adult)
- Wang Yi-xuan as Sick boy's mother
- Xu Liwen as Rich boy's mother
- Faith Yang
- Mak Kwai-Yuen
- Mok Kam-Weng
- Daniel Yu
Release
The movie runs for 121 minutes, but a 159 minutes long director's cut has been released in Hong Kong. The director's cut was also shown at the Asia Society in New York City on Friday, 20 July 2007, as a part of the Asian American International Film Festival.
Awards and nominations
1st Rome Film Festival
- Competition Section
11th Busan International Film Festival
- Official Selection
Tokyo International Film Festival
- Best Artistic Contribution
- Best Asian Film
10th Toronto Reel Asian International Festival
- Opening Film
- Won: Best Feature Film
- Won: Best Actor (Aaron Kwok)
- Won: Best Supporting Actor (Gouw Ian Iskandar)
- Nominated: Best New Performer
- Nominated: Best Original Screenplay
- Nominated: Best Cinematography
- Nominated: Best Makeup & Costume Design
- Won: Best Picture
- Won: Best Director (Patrick Tam)
- Won: Best Supporting Actor (Gouw Ian Iskandar)
- Won: Best Screenplay
- Won: Best New Performer (Gouw Ian Iskandar)
- Nominated: Best Actor (Aaron Kwok)
- Nominated: Best Supporting Actress (Kelly Lin)
- Nominated: Best Cinematography
- Nominated: Best Editing
External links
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Kung Fu Hustle |
Golden Horse Awards for Best Film 2006 |
Succeeded by Lust, Caution |
| Preceded by Election |
Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Film 2007 |
Succeeded by The Warlords |