The Longest Summer (1998)
- Original title
- 去年煙花特別多
- Directed by
- Fruit Chan
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Runtime
- 2h 08m
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 17 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A group of former Hong Kong soldiers in the British Army struggle to find their place in society just before and after the 1997 handover to China. The film follows their disaffection and the mounting pressures they face as their world changes around them.
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What happens
The Longest Summer (simplified Chinese: 去年烟花特别多; traditional Chinese: 去年煙花特別多; lit. 'The Flurry of Fireworks last year') is Hong Kong independent director Fruit Chan's second feature in the "1997 trilogy", first released in 1998. The first film in the trilogy is Made in Hong Kong. The movie details the problem faced by a group of disaffected Hong Kong ex-soldiers of the British Army, just before and after the 1997 handover by the People's Republic of China. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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