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Chinese Opera
Film Shows Featuring the Works of Tam Lan-hing
13.10.2021 (Wed) 7:30pm
Fatso Married Skinny (1956)
Lai-ying (Cheng Bik-ying) is a wealthy socialite who travels globally. Tired of her lifestyle, she sends her secretary Kiu (Tam Lan-hing) to stand in for her in a social function in Hong Kong. Local rich playboy Chung (Sun Ma Si-tsang) is forced by his father (Lee Hoi-chuen) to court the fake Lai-ying in order to save the family from financial distress. But Chung is in love with the real Lai-ying, who pretends to be a poor girl from a working class background. Naturally, the father is unhappy about this mismatch. Typically cast for feisty roles, Tam Lan-hing here plays a marriage-hungry woman, eager to be seduced who knows flirtatiousness can be so hilarious!
Director: Chiang Wai-kwong
Screenwriter: Chiang Wai-kwong
Starring: Tam Lan-hing, Sun Ma Si-tsang, Cheng Bik-ying, Lee Hoi-chuen
B&W / 101 minutes
20.10.2021 (Wed) 7:30pm
My Kingdom for a Husband (1957)
Tso Kea's My Kingdom for a Husband is a remake of a Cantonese opera stage play based on Ernst Lubitsch's musical The Love Parade and inventively blends Cantonese opera singing with Western-style aristocratic comedy. The film launched a trend of offbeat Western-style Cantonese opera films. Following the original story, the handsome musician (Cheung Ying) who falls in love at first sight with the Queen of the Snow nation (Law Yim-hing). It also adds a second love story featuring Jack (Leung Sing-po) and Lulu (Tam Lan-hing) as the two lovers' respective personal attendants. Amid the European sets, the characters send their love by singing romantic Cantonese opera tunes.
Director: Tso Kea
Screenwriter: Tso Kea
Starring: Tam Lan-hing, Cheung Ying, Law Yim Hing, Leung Sing-por, Ning Meng
B&W / 124 minutes
21.10.2021 (Thu) 7:30pm
The Stubborn Generations (1960)
Fat Kau (Leung Sing-por) and his wife (Ma Siu-ying) are not on the best terms with their fierce daughter-in-law Tang (Tam Lan-hing). It is their secret wish that their grandson Kim-kwong (Yam Kim-fai) would marry an ill-tempered woman—it would be, Kau and Lee think, poetic justice for Tang to have a taste of her own medicine. But to their disappointment, the granddaughter-in-law Yu-chu (Law Yim-hing) turns out to be meek and understanding. Kau and his wife therefore tricks Yu-chu into starting a quarrel with Tang. Rich in intricate details of everyday life, the film depicts a witty battle between vivid characters, and is a comedic portrayal of the relationship between mother and daughter-in-law through three generations.
Director: Lung To
Screenwriter: Lung To
Starring: Leung Sing-por, Ma Siu-ying, Yam Kim-fai, Law Yim-hing, Cheng Kwan-min, Tam Lan-hing
B&W / 106 minutes
Lyrics with Chinese subtitles
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Courtesy of Hong Kong Film Archive
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DATE VENUE PRICE 13.10.2021 (Wed)
19:30
19:30
20.10.2021 (Wed)
19:30
19:30
21.10.2021 (Thu)
19:30
19:30
Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive
$45
DATE13.10.2021 (Wed)
19:30
19:30
20.10.2021 (Wed)
19:30
19:30
21.10.2021 (Thu)
19:30
19:30
PRICE
$45