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Fly Me to the Moon

但願人長久

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Sasha Chuk writes, directs, and stars in this family drama, adapted from her novella. Spanning three decades, Fly Me to the Moon tells the story of the Lams, a Hong Kong family of Hunanese immigrants. Wu Kang-ren plays Kok Man, the drug-addicted patriarch, and Carmen Chou plays his beleaguered wife. Each of their two daughters is played by three different actresses; the film is largely the story of their progression from little girls (1997) to teenagers (2007) to adults (2017).

Chuk’s film is both expansive and richly intimate; it reaches across 30 years while never once losing its close-range dramatic power. Key to Chuk’s success is her ability to maintain an emotional continuity in the female performances. Acting as the adult daughter Yuen, she builds carefully on the work of Chloe Hui and Yoyo Tse as the character’s younger selves. As Yuen moves from youthful innocent to tough teenager to hardened, guarded adult, Chuk builds a portrait of growth that is as darkly poignant as it is convincing.

 

Best New Performer, Taipei Golden Horse 2023; FIPRESCI Prize, Taipei Golden Horse 2023

 

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Director
Cast

Kang-ren Wu, Sasha Chuk, Angela Yuen, Wing-yan Tse, Natalie Hsu

Credits
Country of Origin

Hong Kong

Year

2023

Language

In Cantonese, Mandarin, Hunan Dialect, Japanese with English subtitles

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18+
111 min
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Credits & Director

Producer

Stanley Kwan

Screenwriter

Sasha Chuk

Cinematography

Hok Lun Chan, Yuk Fai Ho

Editor

William Chang, King Lun Yeung, Kwun Tung Lai

Production Design

William Chang

Original Music

Dominique Charpentier

Art Director

Umi Ngai

Sasha Chuk headshot; Fly Me to the Moon director

Sasha Chuk 祝紫嫣

Sasha Chuk majored in Chinese literature and sociology at the University of Hong Kong. Her short film The Dropout of Her (2019) won Best Cinematography at the 13th Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival. Her next short film, Plain Sailing (2022) won the Gold Award at the 27th ifva Awards (Asian Open Category) and was selected in the 2022 Osaka Asian Film Festival. In 2020, she won the 6th First Film Initiative by Create Hong Kong with her screenplay Fly Me to the Moon, an adaptation from her novel. Fly Me to The Moon is her feature directorial debut, which earned her a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination at the 60th Golden Horse Awards.

 

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