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Release Year1978
Runtime0h 15m
LanguageCantonese
CertificationNR
Genres—
Votes1
DirectorMok Chiu-Yu
WritersMok Chiu-Yu
TypeFeature Film
Rating6.0 out of 10
Cast2 credited
Also Known AsLetter to the Young Intellectuals of Hong Kong
About Letter to the Young Intellectuals of Hong Kong
Letter to the Young Intellectuals of Hong Kong is a 35mm film that utilised and appropriates footage from a documentary Henry Moore exhibition in Hong Kong, through over-dubbing, painting directly onto the film and other gestures, Mok turns the material into an incendiary address to Hong Kong's youth. Intercut with newly filmed material creates, the film also functions as a personal diary of Mok's political activity throughout the 1970s.
Directed by Mok Chiu-Yu, Letter to the Young Intellectuals of Hong Kong leans on a strong ensemble — Mok Chiu-Yu, Li Ching — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about screen titles of 1978.
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