Angie and Pat are a well-off lesbian couple in their mid-60s. They have lived together for 30 years in the flat Pat owns in Hong Kong. Their relationship is accepted by their friends and families and they are valued and loved by those around them. After Pat unexpectedly dies one night, Angie is not only emotionally supported by her circle of friends, but also – at least at first - by Pat’s family. However, little by little, arguments about the burial and inheritance lead to an estrangement. Angie has no legal right to remain in the flat she shared with Pat and is at the mercy of the dwindling goodwill of her dead partner’s family. Even though the couple shared the financial burden equally between them, Pat was the one who took care of everything in their relationship. Supported by her chosen family, Angie embarks on a later-life emancipation journey. As in his film Suk Suk, Ray Yeung once again takes a precise look at the often precarious everyday life of the older queer community. In the character of Angie, he creates a quiet and yet impressively resilient lesbian heroine.
One From The Heart
Ray Yeung
Ray Yeung is a Columbia University MFA graduate. He has written and directed four features and eight short films. Ray’s third feature Suk Suk (Twilight’s Kiss) World Premiered at the Busan International Film Festival 2019 and had its European Premiere in Panorama at the Berlin International Film Festival 2020. The film subsequently screened in over 50 film festivals worldwide. Suk Suk earned 5 Golden Horse Award nominations. It was also nominated for 9 Hong Kong Film Awards including Best Film. The film collected 2 Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress. SUK SUK picked up 8 additional Awards and nominations from prestigious organizations including Hong Kong Film Critics Society, Hong Kong Directors Guild, Hong Kong Screenwriters Guild, and the Asian Film Awards. Ray’s second feature, the award-winning Front Cover was distributed internationally by Fortissimo Films. It World Premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival (2015) and was the Closing Film for the Asian American International Film Festival in New York in 2016. Ray Yeung's first feature film, Cut Sleeve Boys, premiered at the Rotterdam International Film Festival in 2005. The film won Best Feature at the Outfest Fusion Festival in Los Angeles and Best Actor at the Madrid Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. Ray is also the Chairman of the Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival since 2000, currently the longest running lesbian and gay film festival in Asia.
1995 A Chink in the Armour (short)
1996 A Bridge to the Past (short)
2006 Cut Sleeve Boys
2009 Homecooking (short)
2011 Entwine (short)
2015 Front Cover
2019 Suk Suk
2024 All Shall Be Well
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