After This Our Exile

Infobox Film
name = After This Our Exile
director = Patrick Tam
producer = Li-kuang Chiu
Eric Tsang
Yu Dong
written = Patrick Tam
Kai-Leong Tian
starring = Aaron Kwok
Charlie Yeung
Gouw Ian Iskandar
music = Robert Ellis-Geiger
editing = Patrick Tam
cinematography = Pin Bing Lee

"After This Our Exile" (父子 literally "Father-Son") is a 2006 Hong Kong film directed by Patrick Tam.

Cast

* Aaron Kwok - Chow Cheung-Sheng
* Charlie Yeung - Lee Yuk-Lin
* Ng King-To (Gouw Ian Iskandar) - Chow Lok-Yun (credited as Jing-tao Wu)
* Kelly Lin - Fong
* Qin Hailu - Ha Je
* Valen Hsu - Jennifer (credited as Ru-yun Hsu)
* Lester Chit-Man Chan - Strong Man
* Lan Hsin-mei
* Allen Lin - Sick boy's father (credited as Yilun Lin)
* Qin Hao - School bus driver
* Tsui Ting Yau - Chow Lok-yun (young adult)
* Wang Yi-xuan - Sick boy's mother
* Xu Liwen - Rich boy's mother
* Faith Yang

Plot outline

In the hopeless pursuit of happiness, Aaron Kwok stars as Shing, a man who desperately attempts to hold onto the dwindling threads of his family. Once a man who had a dream, Shing has become a deadbeat gambler whose marriage is failing with wife Lin (Charlie Yeung). Shing's machoistic ego overrides any reasonable logic for change, which forces Lin to leave Shing repeatedly. After finally managing to escape, Shing is left with nothing but his son, Lok-Yun (Goum Ian Iskandar).

Hoping in vain to pay back loansharks, Shing turns to his loving son, Lok-Yun, who has somehow retained his filial loyalty. In his most desperate hour, Shing forces his struggle of survival onto his son, Lok-Yun, through thievery and tests the strength of loyalty and the boundaries of trust in their father-son relationship. With each passing day, the bond of love is threatened with Shing's unrepentant ways.

Trivia

The movie runs for 121 minutes, but a 159 minutes long director's cut has been released in Hong Kong. The director's cut was also shown at the Asia Society in New York City on Friday, July 20th 2007, as a part of the Asian American International Film Festival.

Awards and nominations

2006
1st Rome Film Festival
*Competition Section

11th Pusan International Film Festival
*Official Selection

Tokyo International Film Festival
*Best Artistic Contribution
*Best Asian Film

10th Toronto Reel Asian International Festival
*Opening Film

43rd Golden Horse Awards
*Best Feature Film
*Best Actor
*Best Supporting Actor
*Best New Performer "Nomination"
*Best Original Screenplay "Nomination"
*Best Cinematography "Nomination"
*Best Makeup & Costume Design "Nomination"

25th Hong Kong Film Awards

*Best Picture
*Best Director-Patrick Tam
*Best Supporting Actor-King-to Nang
*Best Screenplay
*Best New Comer-King-to Nang
*Best Actor-Aaron Kwok
*Best Supporting Actress-Kelly Lin
*Best Cinematography
*Best Editing

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