A Light Never Goes Out
A Light Never Goes Out [2022] Starring: Sylvia Chang, Cecilia Choi, Henick Chou Direction by Anastasia Tsang Language: Cantonese I was not expecting this movie to be as profoundly moving and beautiful as it was. My local cinema has delivered again and is now screening a selection of movies from Hong Kong. Went on the opening night at the 10.45 show (I'm never too tired for a good movie), and even though I got a free tote bag, the movie was the highlight of the experience. It's difficult to fully describe this movie, but what I thought was very interesting about this was the pace. It's an expectation: any movie that revolves around a death will be slow, almost mundane unless there's some spectacular plot twist or some brilliant performance. But the storyline of this movie was accompanied with short scenes of the city of Hong Kong. The death of the protagonist's husband was almost like the death of the old, neon-sign dense city of the 20th century. I did think thi...