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Sunshine of my Life

Yat louh tuhng hahng
dir. Judy Chu
Hong Kong 2022, 95’
subtitles: Polish and English

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Polish premiere
Theatrical Screenings
Fr 18 Nov, 15:30
Kinoteka 1
Kinoteka 1
Tu 22 Nov, 16:00
Kinoteka 2
Kinoteka 2
Online Availability
16 Nov, 10:00 – 4 Dec
Additional Materials
Awards and festivals
World premiere: Udine Far East FF 2022
Credits
Hong Kong 2022
Duration: 95’
director: Judy Chu
screenplay: Judy Chu
cinematography: Karl Tam
editing: Alan Cheng
music: Ben Cheung
cast: Kara Wai, Karena Ng, Hugo Ng
producer: Ng Kin Hung, Edmond Wong
production: Film Development Fund of Hong Kong, Local Production, Mandarin Motion Pictures
language: Cantonese
colouration: colour
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Film description

In recent years, Hong Kong cinema began to move away from thrilling, lavish gangster cinema towards realistic depictions of local everyday issues. Sunshine of My Life is an example of this new, socially-engaged cinema, with the debuting director Judy Chu turning her camera on her own family and telling the story of her own childhood. Yan Yan has been raised by her blind parents, and for most of her life, she’s been their guide in the world. However, she yearns to live her own life and follow her own passions. The clash seems to be inevitable...

Judy Chu calls Sunshine of My Life a fairly accurate depiction of her experience. The movie took nearly ten years to complete; Chu first made a short, which was received so well that it convinced her to develop the story into a feature film. An important step was casting the eminent Hong Kong actor Kara Wai, who was deeply moved by Chu’s script. Sunshine is a bittersweet story of love, sacrifice and the need for independence, told with touching honesty and authenticity.

text:
Marcin Krasnowolski

Judy Chu

Graduated from the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts and began her career as a theatre actor. As a screenwriter, she wrote the scripts for the awarded movies I Sell Love and Farewell the Good Old Days. Her short movie Undernourished? was developed into her debut feature Sunshine of My Life

Filmography:

Moje słońce / Jat lou tung haang / Sunshine of My Life

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