Weeds on Fire (2016)

Original title

點五步

Directed by

Steve Chan Chi Fat

Genre

drama film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

IIB

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of misfit teenagers in 1980s Hong Kong form a baseball team. They struggle to overcome personal and social challenges while competing for their first league win.

inspirationalnostalgicunderdogearnestsports-drivenemotionaldeterminedupbeat melancholy

What happens

Weeds on Fire (Chinese: 點五步; Jyutping: dim2 ng5 bou6; literally "half a step") is a 2016 Hong Kong film adapted from the true story of the Shatin Martins, the first baseball team from Hong Kong to win a league. The film is directed by Steve Chan Chi-fat and stars Liu Kai-chi, Lam Yiu-sing and Tony Wu. The film was released on 25 August 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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