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Besieged City
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Wikipedia article
'Besieged City' is a 2008 Hong Kong film directed by Lawrence Ah Mon. It has a Category III rating in Hong Kong.
Elizabeth Kerr wrote in 'The Hollywood Reporter', "[Besieged City] is a quasi-realist Hong Kong urban drama", and film critic Paul Fonoroff wrote that 'Besieged City' was the "21st-century sequel" of Lawrence Ah Mon's 1988 debut feature film 'Gangs'. The title refers to Tin Shui Wai, a satellite town in the northwestern New Territories of Hong Kong.
Cast
Cast and roles include:[http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=12981&display_set=eng Besieged City at HKMDB][http://chinesemov.com/2008/Besieged-City.html Besieged City at chinesemov.com]
* Tang Tak Po as Ho Ling-kit
* Wong Yat Ho as Ho Chun-kit
* Wong Hau Yan as Panadoll
* Joman Chiang
* Jonathan Cheung as Chu Hin
* Dada Chan Ching as Ceci
* Joman Chiang as Yee-wah
* Sunny Luk
Film critic Paul Fonoroff wrote, "The mixture of the realistic and theatric attains a consistency due in large part to the naturalism of its cast of screen neophytes, a quality that has always been a hallmark of Lau's youth films, most recently in 'Spacked Out' (2000) and 'Gimme Gimme' (2001).
Awards and nominations
'Besieged City' was nominated twice at the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2008:
* Best New Performer - Wong Hau-Yan
* Best Art Direction - Yank Wong
See also
* 'The Way We Are', a 2008 film directed by Ann Hui, set in Tin Shui Wai.
References
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