Chilli Laugh Story (2022)

Original title

闔家辣

Directed by

Coba Cheng

Genre

comedy film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

12A

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family in Hong Kong navigates financial struggles and personal conflicts during the pandemic. Their attempts to start a homemade chili sauce business bring them together in unexpected ways.

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What happens

Chilli Laugh Story (Chinese: 闔家辣) is a 2022 Hong Kong comedy film co-written and directed by Coba Cheng, a debutant director. An amusing and sometimes unexpectedly poignant comedy starring Ronald Cheng, Gigi Leung, Edan Lui, and Sandra Ng, it was initially scheduled to release on 1 February 2022, the first day of Lunar New Year, but it was postponed due to COVID-19 and finally released on 14 July 2022. The film was invited to 21st New York Asian Film Festival, where it had its international premiere on 20 July and won NYAFF Audience Award. Produced with a budget of HK$11.34 million (US$1.46 million), the film has grossed HK$32.61 million (US$4.2 million) as of 25 September 2022 and currently it is the 4th highest-grossing, Hong Kong-produced film of 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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