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Summary:

Anke retires from her job at the church in a small town in the Black Forest. She looks forward to reuniting with her children over the summer holidays by the Baltic Sea, at a place where they used to live as a young family, and where she lived her best years. At the last minute, her son Max is unable to join them because of protests that are bringing Hong Kong, where he lives, to a standstill. She has been out of touch with him for many years and after an otherwise uneventful summer and facing the void of retirement, she decides to visit him. A mother wants to check in on her children every now and then, but Hong Kong is also her adventure, her escape. She must spend a few days there by herself until Max returns from a worktrip. Protest-ridden Hong Kong is an enigmatic new world to her through which she moves carefully. Through conversations with strangers, she gradually settles in. A young woman who is sad to leave Hong Kong, Max's doorman, a psychiatrist, a fortune teller and a social activist. These encounters and her experience of the city help her to break down the inner walls she constructed years ago and make way for a new chapter in her life.

Contributors:

Bak, Jonas , screenwriter, film director

Lelong, Charlotte , film producer

Ackermann, Lena , actor

Bak, Anke , actor

Bak, Theresa , actor

Batten, Alexandra , actor

Grigoras, Alex , director of photography

Kimstim Films , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

German
Chinese
English

Language Notes:

In German, English, and Cantonese, with English subtitles.

Subjects:

Visitors, Foreign — China — Hong Kong — Drama

Mothers — Drama

Hong Kong (China) — Social life and customs — Drama

Manners and customs

Mothers

Visitors, Foreign

China — Hong Kong

Genres:

Motion pictures

Drama

Feature films

Fiction films

Social problem films

Political films

System Details:

DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Performers:

Cast: Lena Ackermann, Anke Bak, Theresa Bak, Alexandra Batten, Edward Chan.

Production Credits:

Cinematographer, Alex Grigoras ; editor, Jonas Bak.

General Notes:

Title from disc surface.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2021.
Wide screen.
Public performance rights included.

Audience:

Rating: Not Rated

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (79 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; surround; Dolby Digital 5.1; sound

Film Characteristics:

wide screen

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

WOO 2021 DVD

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 698452216836
Publisher Number, Kimstim Collection: KS2168D

OCLC Numbers:

1312673659