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Headlines (2001)

Headlines poster
Original title
頭號人物
Directed by
Lap-Hang Heung
Genre
comedy drama
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a group of journalists working for a Hong Kong newspaper as they chase stories and navigate office politics. It shows the messy, competitive, and sometimes funny world of tabloid reporting.

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What happens

Headlines is a 2001 Hong Kong comedy-drama film directed by Leo Heung and starring Emil Chau, Maggie Cheung Ho-yee, Daniel Wu, Grace Yip and Wayne Lai. This film revolves around the Hong Kong press. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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