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Elisa's Day (2021)

Elisa's Day poster
Original title
遺愛
Directed by
Fung Chi-Hang
Genre
drama
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 46m
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a grisly murder case in a Hong Kong public housing estate from 1999. It examines the lives of those connected to the crime and the aftermath.

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What happens

《遺愛》(英語:Elisa's Day),前名《滄海遺愛》,是2021年香港劇情片,由新銳導演馮智恒執導、王日平監製,香港「首部劇情電影計劃」第四屆專業組的得獎作品,香港電影發展局電影發展基金與創意香港資助,鄭中基、陳漢娜、胡子彤與陶禧玲主演。電影情節改編自發生在1999年的屯門大興邨鐵箱醃屍案。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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