Song of the Exile

客途秋恨 (Ke Tu Qiu Hen)

Directed by Ann Hui (許鞍華)

1990•100 min
Genre
Drama
Mood
Tender

Synopsis

Set in the early 1970s, it tells the story of a Chinese-Japanese student who returns to her native Hong Kong after graduating from a university in London. Once she arrives back home, she and her family begin to fight, largely due to cultural and societal conflicts between her mother and herself.

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Selected Awards

Winner

Hong Kong Film Awards

Best Director (1991)

Winner

Golden Horse Awards

Best Director (1990)

Winner

Asia Pacific Film Festival

Best Film (1990)

Footnote

  1. First

    Screened in Un Certain Regard at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival — considered a defining work of the Hong Kong New Wave, consolidating Ann Hui's status as one of the movement's leading directors

Main Cast

Maggie CheungMaggie CheungCheung Hueyin
Lu Hsiao-FenLu Hsiao-FenAiko
Waise Lee Chi-HungWaise Lee Chi-HungMr. Cheung
Tien FengTien FengHueyin's Grandfather
Hsiao HsiangHsiao HsiangHueyin's Grandmother
CSChung Siu-KwongXiao Hui
TTTan Lang Jachi TianAiko's Brother
TYTinlan YangLittle Hueyin

Director