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High Noon

High Noon

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Drama   Romance
📜 Overview: The Hong Kong chapter of Eric Tsang's "Growing-up Trilogy" bears testimony to the saying: "The kindness of the gods is manifested in allowing young people to embark on life unprepared." Heiward Mak, the 23-year-old director whom people in the inner circle repute to be the next shining star of Hong Kong cinema, crafts a string of vignettes about seven young people about to sit for a major public exam. Clever, humorous, angry and dangerous, this is the Cruel Stories of Youth for the Me Generation of this century of globalization and mediocrity
🌏 Languages Available: Cantonese
📆 Date Released: 2008-11-08
⌚ Running Time: 100 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.0

Beloved Cast

Lam Yiu-Sing original image
Lam Yiu-Sing
Anjo Leung original image
Anjo Leung
Venus Wong Man-Yik original image
Venus Wong Man-Yik
Kenneth Cheung Moon-Yuen original image
Kenneth Cheung Moon-Yuen
Sham Ka-Ki original image
Sham Ka-Ki
Vincent Wan Yeung-Ming original image
Vincent Wan Yeung-Ming
Michelle Yim original image
Michelle Yim

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