After This Our Exile is a 2006 Hong Kong film

Cinema of Hong Kong

The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan...

 directed by Patrick Tam.

Plot

In hopeless pursuit of happiness, Shing (Aaron Kwok) is a man who desperately attempts to hold on to the dwindling threads of his family. Once a man who had a dream, Shing has become a deadbeat gambler whose marriage is failing with wife Lin (Charlie Yeung). Shing's machoistic ego overrides any reasonable logic for change, which forces Lin to leave Shing repeatedly. After finally managing to escape, Shing is left with nothing but his son, Lok-Yun (Goum Ian Iskandar).

Hoping in vain to pay back loansharks, Shing turns to his loving son, Lok-Yun, who has somehow retained his filial loyalty. In his most desperate hour, Shing forces his struggle of survival onto his son, Lok-Yun, through thievery and tests the strength of loyalty and the boundaries of trust in their father-son relationship. With each passing day, the bond of love is threatened with Shing's unrepentant ways.

Cast

• Aaron Kwok
  Aaron Kwok
  Aaron Kwok Fu-shing is a Hong Kong singer, dancer and actor. He has been active since the 1980s to the present. The media refer to him, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau and Leon Lai as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings . Kwok's onstage dancing and displays is influenced by Michael Jackson...
  
   - Chow Cheung-Sheng
• Charlie Yeung
  Charlie Yeung
  Charlie Yeung Choi-Nei, sometimes spelled Charlie Young, is a Chinese film actress and singer. She was first noticed after appearing in a jewellery commercial with Aaron Kwok...
  
   - Lee Yuk-Lin
• Gouw Ian Iskandar
  Gouw Ian Iskandar
  Ian Gouw is a Hong Kong actor and model.-Biography:Ian is the son of Togi Gouw , an ethnic Chinese originally from Indonesia who is now a citizen of Holland, and Hong Kong actress Michelle Szema. He attends middle school at the Hong Kong International School. He speaks Mandarin, English,...
  
   - Chow Lok-Yun
• Kelly Lin
  Kelly Lin
  Kelly Lin Hsi-Lei is a Taiwanese actress and model who has appeared mainly in Hong Kong films.-Biography:Lin was born in Taiwan in 1975. She moved to Santa Barbara, California with her family at the age of 12. She graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a Degree in Economics...
  
   - Fong
• Qin Hailu - Ha Je
• Valen Hsu
  Valen Hsu
  Valen Hsu, also known as Xiu Xiu , was born on 20 September 1974 in Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. She is a Taiwanese Mandopop singer-songwriter. Hsu is widely known for her sad love ballads which have earned her the nickname "The Queen of Love Songs"...
  
   - Jennifer
• Lester Chit-Man Chan - Strong Man
• Lan Hsin-mei
• Allen Lin - Sick boy's father
• Qin Hao
  Qin Hao
  Qin Hao is a Chinese actor. He is known for starring in the 2009 film Spring Fever.-Early life:In 1996, Qin entered China's Central Academy of Drama...
  
   - School bus driver
• Tsui Ting Yau - Chow Lok-yun (young adult)
• Wang Yi-xuan - Sick boy's mother
• Xu Liwen - Rich boy's mother
• Faith Yang
  Faith Yang
  Faith Yang is a rock musician and fashion model. She grew up in Sydney, Australia and studied biology and genetics at Sydney University. In 2000 Faith won the Taiwan Golden Music awards for Best Female Performer got nominated for Best Album ....
  
  

Release

The movie runs for 121 minutes, but a 159 minutes long director's cut has been released in Hong Kong. The director's cut was also shown at the Asia Society in New York City on Friday, July 20, 2007, as a part of the Asian American International Film Festival.

Awards and nominations

1st Rome Film Festival

• Competition Section

11th Pusan International Film Festival

• Official Selection

Tokyo International Film Festival

• Best Artistic Contribution
• Best Asian Film

10th Toronto Reel Asian International Festival

• Opening Film

43rd Golden Horse Awards

• Won: Best Feature Film
• Won: Best Actor (Aaron Kwok)
• Won: Best Supporting Actor (Gouw Ian Iskandar)
• Nominated: Best New Performer
• Nominated: Best Original Screenplay
• Nominated: Best Cinematography
• Nominated: Best Makeup & Costume Design

26th Hong Kong Film Awards

26th Hong Kong Film Awards

Ceremony for the 26th Hong Kong Film Awards was held on 15 April 2007 in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and hosted by Bowie Tsang, Nick Cheung and Lam Chi-chung. Twenty-six winners in nineteen categories were unveiled, with film After This Our Exile being the year's biggest winner...

• Won: Best Picture
• Won: Best Director (Patrick Tam)
• Won: Best Supporting Actor (Gouw Ian Iskandar)
• Won: Best Screenplay
• Won: Best New Performer (Gouw Ian Iskandar)
• Nominated: Best Actor (Aaron Kwok)
• Nominated: Best Supporting Actress (Kelly Lin)
• Nominated: Best Cinematography
• Nominated: Best Editing

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