The Wrongly Accused Lover

The Wrongly Accused Lover

Dir: Ng Wui
Scr: Lo Yu-kei
Prod Co: Evergreen
Cast: Sun Ma Si-tsang, Hung Sin Nui, Yung Siu-yi, Yee Chau-shui
1951 | B&W | DCP (Digitised from 16mm) | Cantonese | 115min

The sophistication of 1950s Hong Kong cinema is vividly illustrated in this film of limited budget and resources. Cantonese opera star Sun Ma Si-tsang plays a country boy who looks exactly like Sun Ma and is asked by a rich girl to impersonate the star, to help her stage an opera. The self-reflexive humour generated by the absurd situation not only provides delicious parody of celebrity culture but also comments subtly on class inequality and the perils of urbanisation. Sun Ma, who also appears as himself in a stage performance, is complemented beautifully by the brilliant comedian Yee Chau-shui as his sidekick and Hung Sin Nui, another opera superstar, as the spoiled and precocious rich girl.

Date Rescheduled Date Venue
6/9/2020 (Sun) (2pm) Rescheduled to 4/7/2021 (Sun) (2pm) Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive

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