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Become a memberHong Kong | 2025 | Colour | 103’ | In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles Dir.: Jonathan Li, Chou Man-yu Cast: Louis Koo, Chrissie Chau, Liu Kuan-ting Au Yeung Wai Yip (Louis Koo) is a private investigator from Hong Kong who is struggling to find meaning in his work until, one day, three cases cross his desk. In one, a client is after proof that his girlfriend is being unfaithful, but when Au asks to see a picture of the woman in question, he is presented with a photograph of his own wife... A premise straight out of Alfred Hitchcock’s playbook, co-directors Jonathan Li and Chou Man-yu have also cited the detective writings of Raymond Chandler as inspiration for this neo-noir, cat-and-mouse tale shot on the rain-drenched streets of Kuala Lumpur. The crime film has always been central to Hong Kong cinema and Behind the Shadows’ playful blend of hard-boiled detective fiction and compelling marriage drama suggests that, as a new generation of filmmakers emerge, the genre remains in safe hands. Produced by Soi Cheang (Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In). About Hong Kong Film Festival UK Hong Kong Film Festival UK returns for its fourth edition from 25 September to 4 October in London, presenting reflective and shape-shifting cinema from Hong Kong, the wider Asian diaspora and beyond, marking the start of a more year-round festival. This year’s programme foregrounds diaspora as agency — behind the camera, on screen and between communities. Across contemporary and historical cinema, artists’ moving image and interdisciplinary art practices, the festival moves through questions of migration, colonisation, activism and gender. Together, these works reshape ideas of memory and community. Website: www.hkff.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HKFF.UK Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hkff.unitedkingdom/ X: https://x.com/hkff_UK
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