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Movie review: May You Stay Forever Young | easternkicks.com

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In MAY YOU STAY FOREVER YOUNG (dir. Rex Ren & Lam Sum) Hong Kong filmmakers show a grassroot perspective on the early days of the Anti-Extradition Law protests ★★★★

Indie drama shows grassroots perspective on the early days of 2019 Hong Kong protests… Many filmmakers rethinking the recent social protests through cinema turn to documentary, docufiction or essayistic forms – the most notable example being Berlinale-awarded Myanmar Diaries . However, dedication to facts and truth in the film made by the anonymous Myanmar Film Collective turns out very shaky upon the close up on the production process. Since the special programme Made in Hong Kong at the 2020 International Film Festival Rotterdam , the topic of social upheavals and Anti-Extradition Law

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