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

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)

Trailer

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