Out of Competition
North American Premiere

HK TALE



Country of production: Honk Kong, China, Italy
Year: 2003
Language: English
Mins: 50

Director: Filippo Lilloni
Cinematography: Filippo Lilloni
Editing: Filippo Lilloni
Producer: Filippo Lilloni
Source: Rossana Ronconi
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A concrete jungle with blinding neon lights, Hong Kong's technological marvels wash over and swallow up people walking down the streets.

Istiaq, from Pakistan, and Miyuki, from Japan, live in the same part of Hong Kong but have never met. Istiaq is a 26-year-old airline officer and cricket champion. He draws strength from his religion - but it's hard to remain a strict Muslim when all the rules are flouted around you. 21-year-old Miyuki has survived numerous suicide attempts, lives a life with no apparent focal point, working day and night until she collapses. She accepts the camera's presence, telling it her secrets and allowing it into her most private moments - but she challenges the viewer to accept solitude and despair as facts of life.

Young lives, struggling for independence from religion, capitalism, and solitude, within the over-saturated Hong Kong streets.


Filippo Lilloni was born in Parma, Italy, in 1971. He studied at the University of Bahia, in Brazil, and at UCLA Film School in Los Angeles. He works as an editor and assistant director.

filmography as director
HK TALE (2003)
RONDONIA (2002)
MESTRE PEDRO (2002)
W SANTO REIS (1999)

Saturday 03-Apr-2004 1:00 PM Gallery Theatre
Screening with RAILROAD OF HOPE