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Glamorous Youth
Philip YUNG Taz Kwong
Release year: 2009
Run time: 133 minutes
Film type: Fiction
Synopsis
Glamorous Youth is a social realist film which comprises elements of youthhood, romance and family. The filmmaker articulates the anxiety, helplessness, as well as the desire of ideal life of Hong Kong people through different stories of the characters. The film depicts the mentality of these characters under the context of handover in 1997.
Director biography
Philip YUNG is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, and producer.
Yung has been active in film and television production since 1998. His debut feature film, Glamourous Youth (2009), earned him a nomination for Best New Director at the Hong Kong Film Awards. Port of Call received widespread acclaim in 2015, winning Best Screenplay at the 35th Hong Kong Film Awards and Best Film at the 22nd Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards. Yung's most recent projects include Where the Wind Blows (2023), Papa (2024) and the upcoming films Penny Pinchers. He has also produced titles such as The Sparring Partner (2022) and Cycle Game.
