Sisterhood (2016 film)

Sisterhood
Theatrical release poster
Chinese骨妹
JyutpingGwat1 Mui6
Directed byTracy Choi
Written byAu Kin-yee
Produced byTang Wai-but
Ding Yuin-shan
Jacqueline Liu
StarringGigi Leung
Fish Liew
Jennifer Yu
CinematographyCheong Sin-mei
Edited byTracy Choi
Music byEllison Lau
Production
company
Distributed byOne Cool Pictures
Release dates
  • December 12, 2016 (2016-12-12) (IFFAM)
  • February 23, 2017 (2017-02-23) (Hong Kong)
Running time
97 minutes
CountriesMacau
Hong Kong
LanguagesCantonese
Mandarin
Box officeUS$160,000[1]

Sisterhood (Chinese: 骨妹; Jyutping: Gwaat Mui) is a 2016 Macau-Hong Kong drama film directed by Tracy Choi and starring Gigi Leung, Fish Liew and Jennifer Yu.[2] The film had its North American premiere at the Toronto LGBT Film Festival on 28 May 2017.[3][4]

Premise

In the 1990s, Sei finds herself a job at a massage parlor in Macau and befriends Ling, an older woman who is a single mother. On the eve of Macau's handover to China, they have a fight which sets them on separate paths: Sei moves to Taiwan to marry a guesthouse owner while Ling stays in Macau with her infant son. Fifteen years later, Sei, now in her late thirties, learns that Ling has died. She decides to return to Macau to revisit her past, in a familiar yet very different Macau.

Cast

Soundtrack

No.TitleWriter(s)PerformerLength
1."Farewell to Yesterday 告別昨天"Panther Chan, MJPanther Chan 

Reception

Accolades

Award Category Recipient and nominee Result Ref
1st Macao International Film Festival and Awards Audience Choice Award Sisterhood Won
[5][6]
Best New Young Actress Jennifer Yu Won
23rd Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award Best Actress Fish Liew Nominated
[7]
Best new performer Jennifer Yu Nominated
12th Osaka Asian Film Festival Most Promising Talent Award Fish Liew Won
[8]
36th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Fish Liew Nominated
[citation needed]
Best New Performer Jennifer Yu Nominated
17th Chinese Film Media Awards Best Supporting Actress Fish Liew Nominated
[9]
[better source needed]
Best New Performer Jennifer Yu Nominated
2017 Inside Out | Toronto LGBT Film Festival Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature Sisterhood Won
[10]

References

  1. ^ "骨妹-票房收入-香港偶像劇場". hk.dorama.info.
  2. ^ Tsui, Clarence (December 21, 2016). "'Sisterhood' ('Gwaat Mui'): Film Review | Macau 2016". The Hollywood Reporter.
  3. ^ "Inside Out – Toronto LGBT Film Festival". issuu. 2017. p. 49. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  4. ^ Sumi, Glenn; Cole, Susan G.; Wilner, Norman; Ritchie, Kevin (May 24, 2017). "The Inside scoop on the Inside Out LGBT Film Festival". NOW. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  5. ^ Lee, Edmund (20 July 2018). "Film review: Sisterhood – Macau-set melodrama a poignant tale of lesbian love, loss and longing". South China Morning Post.
  6. ^ "Sisterhood Won the 'Eye of the Audience' Macao Audience Choice Award at IFFAM". hkfilmart.com. Hong Kong Trade Development Council. December 2016.
  7. ^ Frater, Patrick (February 7, 2017). "Indies, Newcomers Dominate Hong Kong Film Award Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  8. ^ "The list of award winners". Osaka Asian Film Festival. 2017.
  9. ^ "第17届华语电影传媒盛典公布提名名单" [17th Chinese Film Media Festival announces nomination list]. Mtime.com (in Chinese). August 29, 2017.
  10. ^ "Awards – 2017". Inside Out | Toronto LGBT Film Festival. 2017. Archived from the original on 21 November 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2019.

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