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Ho Miu-ki, in her directorial debut, reflects on what ‘true love’ really means by way of a romantic comedy – love, once believed, is real. ‘When my love swears that she is made of truth / I do believe her, though I know she lies.’ – says Shakespeare.
Ho Miu-ki. Hong Kong, 2024. Drama, Romance. 116. Synopsis. Widowed for years, reclusive obstetrician Yu meets Joe, who is disguised as a middle-aged French petroleum ...
Jul 31, 2024 · The heroine of Ho Miu-Kei’s cybercrime dramedy Love Lies (我談的那場戀愛) later rejects the idea that she has been deceived for she was only falling in love and love once believed is real which paradoxically hints at the idea of romantic love as fantasy or self-delusion.
Q&A with Ho Miu-ki. Are online “romance scams” always destructive? In this moving, absorbing feature debut from Ho Miu-ki, Sandra Ng (Zero to Hero, NYAFF 2021) plays Veronica, a wealthy, widowed doctor who falls for a middle-aged French engineer on a dating app. Soon, “Alain” has convinced her to provide large infusions of funds and ...
First-time director Ho Miu-ki takes on the romantic comedy formula from a refreshing and topical angle, inquiring the essence of romantic love through the prism of deceit. The screenings on 26 July and 4 August will be followed by a talk with director Ho Miu-ki and the production team, moderated by Francisco Lo, M+ Assistant Curator of Moving ...
Ho Miu-ki, in her directorial debut, reflects on what ‘true love’ really means by way of a romantic comedy – love, once believed, is real. ‘When my love swears that she is made of truth / I do believe her, though I know she lies.’ – says Shakespeare.
Jul 15, 2024 · Widowed for years, reclusive obstetrician Yu meets Joe, who is disguised as a middle-aged French petroleum engineer on a dating app. When her virtual romance is revealed to be an online scam, Yu insists that she is in love despite being swindled out of a huge sum of money. Ho Miu-Kei. Director, Writer. Chan Hing-Kai.
