My Dad is a Jerk !

My Dad is a Jerk !

Dirs: Cheung Tung Joe, Jamie Luk Kim-ming
Scr: Raymond To
Cast: Lau Ching-wan, Lam Bo-lun, Shu Qi, Cecilia Yip, Annabelle Liew
1997 / Colour / D Beta / Cantonese / Chi & Eng subtitles / 103 min

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Barely able to take care of himself, a divorced man (Lau Ching-wan) is suddenly asked to take care of his estranged 9-yearold son (Lam Bo-lun) for two weeks. Place a naïve young child in the hands of a vulgar man-child, and sparks are sure to fly. Pleasantly comedic with a lot of heart, Raymond To's script is witty and expertly crafted in terms of structure. Even with a sitcom-like premise that we may have already seen countless times, To is still able to express a unique world view without deviating heavily from the genre formula. Just as the Chinese title says, all a family needs to do sometimes is to learn put down their pride and say these five simple words: "Thank you" and "I love you."


Date Time Venue
21/6/2015 (Sun) # 2:00pm Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive

# Post-screening talk with Raymond To


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