THEME EXPLORATION

Hong Kong history

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Die Patriotin
Die Patriotin
1979 · Alexander Kluge
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
2016 · Lav Diaz
Gdansk
Gdansk
2017 · Neill Blomkamp
The Book of Fish
The Book of Fish
2021 · Lee Joon-ik
One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart
One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart
2021 · Wong Kar-Wai
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 · Wes Anderson
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
1982 · Konrad Wolf
Giovanna d’Arco
Giovanna d’Arco
1989 · Werner Herzog
Kings of the Road
Kings of the Road
1976 · Wim Wenders
Infernal Affairs
Infernal Affairs
2002 · Alan Mak Siu-Fai & Andrew Lau & Alan Mak & Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Underground
Underground
1995 · Emir Kusturica
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Bille Woodruff Hong Kong

His action films explore Hong Kong's identity crisis and the tension between tradition and modernity during the colonial and post-handover periods.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually poetic films capture Hong Kong's melancholic urban landscape and the anxieties of its people facing the 1997 handover to China.