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Country: Hong Kong
Year: 2011
Director: Ching-Po Wong
Starring: Juno Mak, Sola Aoi
Status: Northern premiere (UK Release: 2012)
Screening: Saturday, 22.15.
With supporting short film: LEASHED.
The Bastard Love Child Of…Silence of the lambs and Infernal Affairs!
Josie Ho’s 852 Films follow up Pang Ho Cheung’s wonderfully gruesome Dream Home which we screened last year.
Police are investigating a serial killer who brutally targets officer’s pregnant wives. At the scene of another murder, undercover detectives Jeff and Kwok Wah (Ching Siu Ho, Tony Ho) trap a suspect, Chan Kit (Mak), and bring him in. Chan Kit is brutally interrogated but is eventually released without charge. Using flashbacks we gradually discover how Chan Kit and his teenage lover, Wing (Siu-hou Chin) are inextricably linked to the undercover policeman. Chan Kit has silently endured great pain but how far will he now go to avenge his unconditional love for Wing.
Grimm’s Eye View: Following standing ovations for screenings of little seen Thai movie Slice and Korean revenge movie Bedevilled last year, we’re delighted to be presenting this darkly-glittering cinematic gem from the East – this time direct from Hong Kong.
Revenge: A Love Story is a beautifully made movie that mixes rich character drama with the most visceral of horror. Ching-Po Wong’s film delivers psychological and emotional depth while at the same time presenting deeply disturbing and graphic content so violent that it has had to be cut in its home territory at the request of the censors.
