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gweipo

year:  2006
running time:  10 minutes
country:  england / hong kong
genre:  fiction

cast
francesca annis
jonathan chan-pensley
angharad james

director
claire leona apps

 
       
   

gweipo is a story about rebecca (francesca annis), a sixty year old british woman, whose husband’s sudden death allows his darkest secret to surface: he had a child with another woman. henry (jonathan chan-pensley), his eurasian son, desires to meet his sister, driving rebecca to follow him across the streets of hong kong. through her physical and emotional journey she challenges her personal limitations creating a delicate and compelling allegory for modern Hong Kong. 

 
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