Claustrophobia is an 2008 Hong Kong

Hong Kong films of 2008

A list of films produced in Hong Kong in 2008:.-2008:-External links:* * Hong Kong films of 2008 at...

 romantic drama film directed by Ivy Ho

Ivy Ho

Ivy Ho Sai-Hong is a Hong Kong screenwriter and film director.Ho's work has received high critical acclaim in Hong Kong. Perry Lam of Muse Magazine wrote, 'As a writer, Ho excels as a miniaturist...

.

Synopsis

Pearl (Karena Lam

Karena Lam

Karena Lam is a Hong Kong based award-winning actress and singer, born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.- Career :...

) has quietly fallen in love with her boss Tom (Ekin Cheng

Ekin Cheng

Ekin Cheng is a Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer. Early in his career he used the name Dior as a first name. He has also been referred to as Noodle Cheng, after a popular noodle product with a similar name...

), who’s married with a family. Without warning, Tom asks Pearl to interview for another job. Wounded, Pearl demands that Tom terminate her. The gauntlet has been thrown down. In a space as small, crowded and claustrophobic as the office, love doesn’t grow - it incubates and breeds, like a virus.

Cast

• Ekin Cheng
  Ekin Cheng
  Ekin Cheng is a Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer. Early in his career he used the name Dior as a first name. He has also been referred to as Noodle Cheng, after a popular noodle product with a similar name...
  
   as Tom
• Karena Lam
  Karena Lam
  Karena Lam is a Hong Kong based award-winning actress and singer, born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.- Career :...
  
   as Pearl
• Felix Lok as Karl
• Andy Hui
  Andy Hui
  Andy Hui Chi-On is a Hong Kong singer and film actor. Hui was the First Runner-up in the 5th Annual New Talent Singing Awards in 1986. Hui has appeared in about 25 films....
  
   as Ken
• Eric Tsang
  Eric Tsang
  Eric Tsang Chi-wai , MH is a prolific Hong Kong actor, film director, film producer and television host best known for hosting the Super Trio series on TVB over the course of 10 years.-Biography:Due to his popularity, he is often the MC in events organized by TVB, and is nicknamed "the Prize Master"...
  
   as Dr. Chiu
• Derek Tsang as John
• Chucky Woo as Jewel

Release

• Tokyo International Film Festival
  Tokyo International Film Festival
  Tokyo International Film Festival is a film festival established in 1985. The event was held biannually from 1985 to 1991 and annually thereafter...
  
   23 October 2008
• Hong Kong Asian Film Festival
  Hong Kong Asian Film Festival
  Hong Kong Asian Film Festival is a film festival held annually in Hong Kong. Started in 2004 as an indie film festival, it has since grown into a large film festival known in Hong Kong....
  
   26 October 2008
• Berlin International Film Festival
  Berlin International Film Festival
  The Berlin International Film Festival , also called the Berlinale, is one of the world's leading film festivals and most reputable media events. It is held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in West Berlin in 1951, the festival has been celebrated annually in February since 1978...
  
   10 February 2009
• Hong Kong Wide Release
  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...
  
   12 February 2009
• San Francisco International Film Festival
  San Francisco International Film Festival
  San Francisco International Film Festival is the oldest continuously running film festival in the Americas. Organized by the San Francisco Film Society, the International is held each spring for two weeks, presenting an average of 150 films from over 50 countries...
  
   May 2009

Awards and nominations

15th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards

Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards

The Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards are the annual awards given by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society in Hong Kong, China since 1995. The awards are determined by votes cast in three rounds after a substantial discussion session between the members of the society...

• Won: Best Screenplay (Ivy Ho)
• Film of Merit

28th Hong Kong Film Awards

28th Hong Kong Film Awards

Ceremony for the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards was held on 19 April 2009 in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and hosted by Eric Tsang, Teresa Mo, Sandra Ng, Vincent Kok, Kay Tse, Denise Ho, Lam Chi Chung, Chin Kar-lok, Louis Fan, Tin Kai Man, Michelle Lo and Wong Cho Lam.-Best Film:-Best Director:-Best...

• Nominated: Best Screenplay (Ivy Ho
  Ivy Ho
  Ivy Ho Sai-Hong is a Hong Kong screenwriter and film director.Ho's work has received high critical acclaim in Hong Kong. Perry Lam of Muse Magazine wrote, 'As a writer, Ho excels as a miniaturist...
  
  )
• Nominated: Best Actress (Karena Lam
  Karena Lam
  Karena Lam is a Hong Kong based award-winning actress and singer, born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.- Career :...
  
  )
• Nominated: Best New Director (Ivy Ho
  Ivy Ho
  Ivy Ho Sai-Hong is a Hong Kong screenwriter and film director.Ho's work has received high critical acclaim in Hong Kong. Perry Lam of Muse Magazine wrote, 'As a writer, Ho excels as a miniaturist...
  
  )

External links

• Claustrophobia at the Hong Kong Movie Database
  Hong Kong Movie Database
  The Hong Kong Movie DataBase is a bilingual website that was created in 1995 by Ryan Law to provide a repository for information about movies originating from Hong Kong and the people that created them....
  
  
• Claustrophobia at the Hong Kong Cinemagic
  Hong Kong Cinemagic
  Hong Kong Cinemagic, sometimes referred to as HKCinemagic, is a bilingual website providing a repository for information about Chinese language films from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan, and the people that created them. The website contains news, interviews, film reviews and a database of people,...