Hong Kong / 2024 / Cantonese / 106'
Subtitle: English, Traditional Chinese
Theatre: Tai Kwun
That summer, young Ha Man Huen and young So Sing Wah crossed paths through a shared love of music, wondering just how far this love could take them. Years later, musician So unexpectedly encounters his first love Ha, in a hospital during troughs of their lives. Struck by how much he has changed, ailing Ha decides to send him to a journey as a parting gift, hoping this will reignite his life.
Leung Lai-yin, Hong Kong film screenwriter and director. Since 2008, Leung Lai-yin has worked as a film screenwriter, with notable works including Revenge: A Love Story, Rigor Mortis, As the Light Goes Out, SPL II: A Time for Consequences, SPL: Paradox, Ip Man 3, Ip Man 4: The Finale, and Who Stole the Golden Buddha. SPL II was nominated for Best Screenplay by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society, while Revenge: A Love Story won the Most Philosophical Text Award at the 33rd Moscow International Film Festival in 2010. In 2024, Leung made his directorial debut with the feature film Long Time No See. The film premiered at the end of the year and was invited to international film festivals such as Rotterdam, Udine Far East, and Osaka Asian Film Festival. It also received seven nominations at the 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards.