Education of Love

Education of Love

Dir: Robert Chung
Scr: Chen Ming-chin (aka Chun Kim)
Original Story: Edmondo De Amicis
Cast: Jeanette Lin Tsui, Wang Yin, Kelly Lai Chen, Wang Lai, Peter Dunn, Ng Yuen-ting (aka Ng Ming-choi), Chu Yuen-lung (aka Sammo Hung)
1961 / B&W / D Beta / Mandarin / 117min

It's befitting of the dramatic turns in the life and time of the Yuen Clan boys that kung fu meister Sammo Hung's first name part, billed as Chu Yuen-lung, is in a genteel film about education, adapted from Edmondo de Amicis's heartwarming book Cuore, a film version of which was very popular in Hong Kong. The not-yet teenage Hung is at once easy and difficult to recognize, thin and timid in the role of a student from a poor family, yet glowing with a star quality that foretells the greatness to come.


Date Time Venue
15/11/2009 (Sun) 7:00pm Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive
29/11/2009 (Sun) 12:30pm Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive

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