He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father (1993)

Original title

新難兄難弟

Directed by

Peter Chan

Genre

fantasy film, comedy drama

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

IIA

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A son who feels distant from his father gets a chance to travel back in time and meet his father as a young man. He sees his father's younger life and grows to understand him better.

nostalgiclightheartedcomedicsentimentalrelatablewarmgentlebittersweethopeful

What happens

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father (新難兄難弟) is a 1993 Hong Kong comedy-drama film starring Tony Leung Ka-fai and Tony Leung Chiu-wai, who are unrelated, playing father and son. Directed by Peter Chan and Lee Chi-ngai, the film also stars Carina Lau, Anita Yuen and Lawrence Cheng. The film is a remake of the 1960 film My Intimate Partners. The title is a pun on "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother", a hit single for The Hollies in 1969 and for Neil Diamond in 1970. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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