A Light Never Goes Out (2023)

Original title

燈火闌珊

Directed by

Anastasia Tsang

Genre

drama

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

IIB

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman copes with the death of her husband by trying to finish a neon sign they were making together. She reconnects with his craft and their past through the process.

melancholicnostalgicslow-burnquietemotionalcontemplativeintimate

What happens

A Light Never Goes Out (Chinese: 燈火闌珊; pinyin: Dēnghuǒ lánshān; lit. 'Dimming Lights') is a 2022 Hong Kong drama film produced by Saville Chan and directed by Anastasia Tsang in her directorial debut. The film had its world premiere at the 2022 Tokyo International Film Festival. The film was the winner of 5th First Feature Film Initiative and received funding from the Film Development Fund. It was also selected to represent Hong Kong in the Best International Feature Film category at the 96th Academy Awards, but was later revealed to have been disqualified for currently undisclosed reasons. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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