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- Movie: Metade Fumaca
- Chinese: 半支烟 (Ban zhi yan)
- Director: Kam-Hung Yip
- Writer: Kam-Hung Yip
- Producer:
- Cinematography: Peter Pau
- Release Date: November 5, 1999
- Runtime: 101 min.
- Language: Cantonese
- Country: Hong Kong
Plot
Roy comes back to Hong Kong after spending 30 years in Brazil. Despite having Alzheimer's, he holds a half smoked cigarette in his pack because it was a memento from the girl he loved. Upon arrival, he meets a rascal named Smokey, who is trying to find out who his father is and is always videotaping a policewoman, with who he has an infatuation for. The two form a lasting friendship as they try to help each other out in their quests. At once quirky and affecting, Metade Fumaca fuses the existential musings of Wong Kar Wai with a flashy triad underworld more akin to the Young and Dangerous films. Directed with style and wit by Riley Yip, the film packs delicious punch, and features standout performances from Eric Tsang and Nicholas Tse, who was nominated for Best Actor at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards - a promising feat for such a young, relatively untrained actor. Cameos from Anthony Wong, Sandra Ng, Stephen Fung, Sam Lee, Terence Yin and Kelly Chen add to the familiar Hong Kong Cinema flavor, and the eclectic soundtrack and assured sense of style gives the film a cool, pop culture-driven vibe which never ceases to entertain.
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