9413, DIR. Francis Ng Chun Yu (1998)            JUNCTION OF HENNESSY ROAD AND EAST QUEEN ROAD, Wan Chai, Hong Kong Smash-head and Carmen met at the junction of Hennessy Road and East Queen Road. Scenes from 9413 (1998), directed by Francis Ng. ‘Smash-head’, the male protagonist, is a policeman in the movie ‘9413’. He got this nickname for his abnormal behaviors, not as an earnest cop to maintain public security, but as an insane, extreme ‘environmentalist’, who would push a harmless passer-by into the sea only because the poor victim was eating instant noodles from a plastic

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  Still Human, which is released in November 2018 by Golden Scene¹, tells a heartwarming tale about a paralyzed middle-aged man Leung Cheong-wing and his young Filipino domestic helper Evelyn who learn how to embrace their life. The film sets in Oi Man Estate, Ho Man Tin where is the public housing area for grassroots with diverse facilities for daily life, e.g. Cha Chaan Teng and park for a stroll. The movie starts and ends with the bus stop where two main characters firstly met at and part from. Oi Man Estate in the movie is presented as similar as

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ROUGE, DIR. STANLEY KWAN (1988)            Sheung Wan, Central District, Hong Kong  Left: Fleur pray for fortune in Man Mo Temple. Scenes from the Golden Harvest’s Rouge 1988, directed by Stanley Kwan. Right: Secondary students and their parents praying for their academic. Golden Harvest released Rouge in January 1988. The film adapts the homonymous novel by Lilian Li and tells a tragic love story between Fleur (Anita Mui), a popular courtesan and Chan Chen-Pang (Leslie Cheung), a play boy from a wealthy family. The story is narrated through two timelines. First, it opens with them falling in

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LOVE IN A PUFF, DIR. PANG HO CHEUNG (2010)            Alleyway between Pacific Place and the Queensway Government Offices, Admiralty, Hong Kong   Cherie (Yeung) and Jimmy (Yue) smoked in the alleyway between Pacific Place and the Queensway Government Offices, in which the policeman also take a break.  Scenes from the Media Asia Film’s Love in A Puff 2010, directed by Pang Ho Cheung.   Media Asia Film Co., Ltd. released Love in A Puff in March 2010. The film tells the story of how the tightening regulations on smoking drive hardcore smokers to the open areas,

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SPARROW, DIR. JOHNNIE TO (2008)         Pottinger Street, Central, Hong Kong   The heroine Chun-Lei looks back at the hero’s camera when she runs down Pottinger Street. Scenes from the Sparrow 2008, directed by Johnnie To. Sparrow, directed and produced by Johnnie To, was released in 20081. The movie tells the story of a charming woman, Chung Chun-lei, and four pickpockets 2, with whose help Chun-lei eventually gains freedom from a controlling businessman. The camera follows Chun-lei as she gracefully rushes through the streets in Sheung Wan and Central, when she runs into the lens of Kei, the

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