Additional screenings of Film Archive's "Revisiting the Glory Days

Additional screenings of Film Archive's "Revisiting the Glory Days - The Legacy of Leslie and Anita"

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Organised by the Hong Kong Film Archive (HKFA) of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), the thematic screening programme entitled "Revisiting the Glory Days - The Legacy of Leslie and Anita" between April and December commemorates the 20th anniversary of the passing of superstars Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui. The screening programme received overwhelming response and all tickets had been sold out. Additional screenings of five films of the programme have been scheduled for September and October, which are the birth months of Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui respectively, at the HKFA Cinema to allow more audiences to revisit the charisma of the two superstars. The screening programme is one of the programmes of the Hong Kong Pop Culture Festival 2023.

The five films with additional screenings include "Rouge" (1988). Co-starring the two superstars, the film tells of the romance between famous courtesan Fleur and a wealthy heir in the 1930s. Other films include "Days of Being Wild" (1990), in which Leslie Cheung plays a rootless lothario, and "Once a Thief" (1991), in which he plays a character who has been adopted and trained to become a thief. Starring Anita Mui, "Kawashima Yoshiko" (1990) sees her portraying the legendary spy, and "Eighteen Springs" (1997), the psychologically conflicted Gu Manlu. The five films are in Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. The additional screening schedule is as follows:

Screening Date	Time	Film Title
September 10 (Sunday)	noon	Days of Being Wild
	4pm	Once a Thief (4K Restored Version)
	7.30pm	Once a Thief (4K Restored Version)
September 24 (Sunday)	7.30pm	Days of Being Wild
October 7 (Saturday)	noon	Kawashima Yoshiko
	4pm	Kawashima Yoshiko
	7.30pm	Eighteen Springs (Restored Version)
October 8 (Sunday)	7.30pm	Rouge (4K Restored Version)

Tickets of the additional screenings priced at $45 will be available at URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk) from May 19 (Friday). For telephone bookings, please call 3166 1288. For programme details, please visit the website of the HKFA (www.filmarchive.gov.hk/en_US/web/hkfa/pe-event-2023-cheungmui.html) or call 2739 2139.

The first Hong Kong Pop Culture Festival organised by the LCSD aims to offer an array of programmes from pop concerts and performances to thematic exhibitions, film screenings, outdoor and outreach activities, showcasing Hong Kong's unique cultural creativity and vibrancy. For more information on other fascinating programmes of the Hong Kong Pop Culture Festival, please visit www.pcf.gov.hk/en.

Ends/Friday, May 12, 2023
Issued at HKT 15:00

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