The Chinese masterpiece Crossroads (1937), remade in Hong Kong as a Cantonese light comedy! Renowned director Mok Hong-si partners with writer Lo Yu-kei to adapt Shen Xiling's classic of social realism, moving the setting from war-torn Shanghai to post-war Hong Kong, embellishing it with local colours. And Fong Yim-fun partners with the great Cheung Ying to play unemployed youths who misunderstand each other as members of rich families, determined to con their ways into wealth through romance. What happens if they discover that they actually live next door to each other in poverty? Mok takes full advantage of Fong's dignified gentility and Cheung's polished appearance and their acting skills, milking the comic capacity of the plebeian posing as the highborn and situations of mistaken identities. A subplot was added to the original script, with Cheng Bik-ying and comedian Tang Kei-chen playing a pair of bickering lovers, their constant sparring generating sparkling chemistry. Loaded with social satire and moral gravity, the Hong Kong Crossroads takes the path of a feet-on-the-ground simplicity that exemplifies the best of Cantonese cinema.

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