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Fly Me to the Moon (2023)

Fly Me to the Moon poster
Original title
但願人長久
Directed by
Sasha Chuk
Genre
drama film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 53m
Rated
15
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young Hunanese girl moves to Hong Kong and grows up facing poverty, discrimination, and family problems. The film follows her personal struggles over time.

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What happens

Fly Me to the Moon (Chinese: 但願人長久) is a 2023 Hong Kong family drama film directed and written by Sasha Chuk, and produced by Stanley Kwan and Jun Li. Chuk also stars in a lead role, alongside Angela Yuen and Wu Kang-ren, as a Hunanese girl who immigrated to Hong Kong at a young age and faces poverty, discrimination and family issues. The film had its world premiere at the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival on 23 October 2023, and was theatrically released on 11 April 2024 in Hong Kong. It received six nominations in the 30th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award, with Sasha Chuk winning Best Screenplay and Wu Kang-ren winning Best Actor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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