Keep Rolling (好好拍電影)

I can make this a little thicker.

This is nice.

This one... here is a bit too much.

Great, this'll do.

Nominated for Best Supporting Actor in this film.

Ann Hui has won Best Director three times at the Golden Horse Awards.

A record-holder in the category so far.

Watch out, it's slippery - I know.

Let's take this path.

OK

I won't come out after I've gone inside.

Stop teasing me.

This is muddy and slippery - I'm OK.

I'll watch where I step. If I get distracted, I'll slip.

Good morning, Director - Good morning.

Watch out!

Better walk on the unpaved road.

Don't put mud in front, no one will see it.

More on the hair.

More here.

Sorry for that, Xun - It's fine.

Alright, let's shoot.

Attention, all units.

Everyone, step back.

Hide from the camera.

Got it!

Sorry! - It's all right.

Tian Li, which side of the road do you want them to walk on?

Or is this side better? In that case...

Try walking a little longer before you speak.

Just deliver your lines - Walk slowly or quickly?

Slowly.

Roll sound!

Roll cam!

Rolling

1, 2, 3. Action!

Cut.

Good. Clapper

I've called "Cut".

It's a good take

I didn't notice that. I didn't. I've passed it.

I think I'll still be making films at 75

I'm so excited to film in the New Territories

I've longed to film here, but I've never been able to.

After we film, these villages will disappear.

So I treat them like antiques, I'm so happy.

Is this the one? - Yes

I'll go up and check, just a quick look.

These locations are hard to find

Ann insisted on shooting in Hong Kong.

One of the reasons is the landscape of Hong Kong.

That feeling can never be replaced.

By anything from the mainland

Hong Kong audiences will immediately recognise it.

When the boat sails to this point, it'll move to the shore.

Then go as far as it can.

Got that.

This is a very dangerous mission.

A boat is coming to pick you up.

It's supposed to depart at dawn.

You should look very relaxed.

But in fact, it's solemn and tragic.

Moonlight casts a shadow on the ground.

Kiddo, go to bed, be a good boy...

Members of the East River Guerrillas.

Hid their identities for 70 years.

No one thought about being a hero

I think most of them who joined the rescue mission.

Including triad members, fishmongers and students.

Especially the less educated.

They risked their lives, not just giving money or offering help

I think this is very unusual and very moving.

It's special.

Not only in terms of their action.

But also in terms of ideology.

It's emblematic of Hong Kong.

After the war there were many accounts of Hong Kong people.

Working together by chance.

Then they never met again.

It's natural for people to help each other.

It's because they're all refugees, they have this connection.

The connection among refugees has continued since then.

I came to Hong Kong in 1952.

We lived in the Model Housing Estate in North Point.

It's similar to public housing estates.

Except they weren't built by the government.

These are the Model Housing Estates.

This is what our house looked like.

There's a lawn in the front.

They're our friends.

They're Chinese-Indians.

These Model Housing Estates were rather international.

We had neighbours from Malaysia, Shanghai and India.

We were very close.

It's kind of weird to talk about one's "hometown".

When you mention "hometown", it implies that you're away from it.

Which means you're an immigrant.

Many people in China face this situation.

They may have residency in a certain province.

But their hometown is somewhere else.

Well, if that's the case.

My hometown is in Northeast China.

My family told me, they named me On-wah.

Because I was born in Anshan.

That's how I learned about my birthplace.

But I have no idea of it

I was about 2 or 3 months old when my parents.

Took me from the Northest to Macau

I stayed in my grandparents' home.

Went to kindergarten in Macau

I entered Pui Ching Kindergarten at age 3.

After that, my father.

Went to work in Hong Kong.

Wild grass grows by the Red Sparrow Bridge.

The evening sun glows on Black Gown Lane.

Swallows that once graced the Wang and Hsieh Halls.

Now nest and mate among common people.

Well done!

I have some candy for you.

If you practise every day.

You'll never forget where we came from.

Grandpa and Grandma doted on her.

Because when she was young.

Grandpa felt she was very sensitive.

He'd hold her at the balcony.

To watch the birds.

He told her this bird has no mother.

It's searching for its mother.

She'd cry her heart out.

She was like that even as a kid.

She was not sentimental.

Just very sensitive.

Look at the pigeons.

They're scared of you.

Before I turned 5, my life was good.

Grandpa often took me to the market.

To buy food.

He'd wear a cheongsam and go to the Red Market.

After that, he'd buy Chinese barbecue.

Saving me a huge piece of barbecue pork.

Unsliced, and put it in my mouth

I'd still be chewing all the way home.

So much fun!

Watching her movies

I discovered many important things from her childhood.

The little girl and her grandpa in Song of the Exile.

She was wearing the straw hat.

With a red velvet flower on it

I remember she had one when she was young

Ann was closer to our grandparents than to Mom.

And she was very stubborn when she was young.

When Mommy tried to discipline her, she would never shed a tear.

Which made Mommy even more furious.

We were all afraid of Mommy.

Because she'd beat her.

She'd beat all three of us.

We were literally scared of her

I remember Mother was...

A quiet and serious woman then.

No, I don't want a haircut!

Stop running!

Grandma! Grandpa!

One of the conflicts between Mother and her was that.

Mother always required us to be neat

I remember once we went to a banquet.

Mother insisted we wear the same dress made of lace.

She insisted that Ann tie her hair in a bun

Ann said, "This is not me!"

Mom also wanted her to perm her hair.

Actually, they had different ideas of beauty.

She thought Mother would force it on her

I was very sure I didn't like living with Mommy.

Because she was very strict.

Once I was so sick.

This eye was all red

I also had a fever.

It was Chinese New Year.

Mom insisted that I must get up.

Put on new clothes and sit in the living room

I wasn't allowed to lie down.

When I was 16.

My feelings toward Mom were...

How to say it... ambiguous.

I couldn't tell how she looked at things.

There was no communication between us.

When I was small, I found her very mean and strict.

Later, I discovered she could barely read Chinese.

And had very different habits from us.

We hated the Japanese when we were kids.

But she always liked Japanese things

I found out she was Japanese only when I was 16.

My father was drafted by the Nationalists in the Northeast.

When he arrived, the Japanese were just retreating.

Mom was around 18 or 19 at that time.

She was looking for her brother in the Northeast.

Aren't they stylish?

We said they were both stylish.

All three of us thought so...

You were stylish and pretty.

You're flattering me.