Pretty Heart
心裏美 | Hong Kong | 2022
U.S. Premiere
Hong Kong | Romance | 2022 | 98 minutes | in Cantonese w/English subtitles
Director: Terry Ng Ka-wai
Starring: Vincent Wong Ho-shun, Jennifer Yu Heung Ying, Hugo Ng Hwee-lai, Law Kar-ying, Astrid Chan Chi-ching, Chow Mei-fung
Film Source: Orchid Tree Media
Bright Star Award Recipient - Jennifer Yu Heung Ying is scheduled to attend the award ceremony and Q&A in person.
Moderator: Prof. Ron Falzone
In-Cinema Screening
Sunday, Nov 6 at 2 PM
@ AMC NEWCITY 14
Synopsis:
Commissioned by the HKS Education Fund and overflowing with empathy, PRETTY HEART is the story of education across the generations—along with love, friendship, family, and the pressure to succeed. We find Mr. K.K. Ho the star tutor at the Hong Kong cram school overseen by stingy principal Lee Lung Kei. Meanwhile, traditional middle school teacher Chloe learns that many of her students are paying big money to attend cram school to make top marks. While Chloe and Mr. K.K. Ho come to accept their different teaching philosophies as an attraction between the two also grows, there is a long-time estrangement between Chloe and Principal Lee, who also happens to be her father, as she cannot remove him from her memory the terrible fights he had with her late mother. As Chloe blames her father for her mother’s death, she also suffers from heart disease. Will a life—and potentially heart-changing accident—inevitably lead to forgiveness?
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DIRECTOR
Terry Ng Ka-wai
As the assistant director of the Storm franchise,
Terry is a young but experienced, and upcoming filmmaker.
Filmography:
2020 - Breakout Brothers (1st Assistant Director)
2019 - P Storm (1st Assistant Director)
2018 - L Storm (1st Assistant Director), “Golden Job” (2nd Assistant Director)
2017 The Brink (2nd Assistant Director)
2016 Sky on Fire (2nd Assistant Director), “S Storm”(2nd Assistant Director)
2015 Wild City (2nd Assistant Director)
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