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Far Far Away (2022)

Far Far Away poster
Original title
緣路山旮旯
Directed by
Amos Wong
Genre
romance, comedy
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
12A
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A 28-year-old introverted IT geek with no dating experience suddenly finds himself dating five different women. Each woman lives in a remote part of Hong Kong, like the New Territories or the Outlying Islands.

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What happens

Far Far Away (Chinese: 緣路山旮旯) is a 2021 Hong Kong romantic comedy film and the third full-length feature written and directed by Amos Why. The film follows a 28-year-old introverted IT geek who is inexperienced in dating, but suddenly finds himself romantically involved with five attractive women at different times, all are living in New Territories or Outlying Islands, Hong Kong. It premiered as the closing film of the 2021 Hong Kong Asian Film Festival, and screened at the Osaka Asian Film Festival, New York Asian Film Festival, as well as the Far East Film Festival in Udine. It was theatrically released in Hong Kong on 4 August 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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