Hollywood Hong Kong (2001)

Original title

香港有個荷里活

Directed by

Fruit Chan

Genre

comedy film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 42m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a rundown Hong Kong neighborhood, a prostitute from mainland China arrives and disrupts the lives of local residents. The film follows the chaotic and sometimes violent interactions that result.

darkly comicgrittyoffbeatprovocativeunsettlingraw

What happens

Hollywood Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港有個荷里活; Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2 jau5 go3 ho4 lei5 wut6) is a 2001 Hong Kong film directed by Fruit Chan, with screenplay written by Kei To Lam. The film was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 58th Venice International Film Festival. It is the second instalment of his "Prostitute trilogy" which Chan directed from 2000–02. The other two movies in the trilogy are Durian Durian (2000) and Three Husbands (2018). Chan is known for his disassociation with the mainstream Chinese cinema and this film continues that legacy with the use of little-known actors (except for Zhou Xun) and dark humour. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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