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Second Love in Hong Kong
THAILAND · 2002

Second Love in Hong Kong

Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Thai Slow Cinema migration domestic labor romance hybrid fiction Thailand-Hong Kong crossing
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Second Love in Hong Kong shares a common theme in the art works of Christelle and Apichatpong – a minimalist portrayal of hybrid fiction/non-fiction landscape. Here the filmmakers focus on an imaginary character named Hong (Swan) who travels from Thailand to Hong Kong for a housemaid job. The tale is taken from a comic book of the same title and is chosen among the thousands of romance comics that

Year2002
CountryThailand
DirectorApichatpong Weerasethakul
MovementThai Slow Cinema
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