The Wrong Couples

The Wrong Couples

Dir: John Chiang
Scr: John Chan Koon-chung
Prod Co: D & B
Cast: Josephine Siao Fong-fong, Richard Ng Yiu-hon, Paul Chun, Dennis Chan, Maggie Li
1987 | Colour | DCP | Cantonese | 93min

This is one of many successes realised by D & B's production strategy. With a perceptive finger on the market's pulse, the company took calculated gambles on films, leaving room for creativity. The Wrong Couples is a gentle comedy, informed by the spirit of everyday realism. Inspired by Hollywood's Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), laughter is generated from the heightened ordinary life of common folks, their personal struggles of family, career and aging set against a larger backdrop of politics, commerce and law. Richard Ng Yiu-hon is delightfully touching playing a nomad who tries to be a homebody. And Josephine Siao Fong-fong, with her unique comedic touches and quirky mannerisms, is superb as a bourgeois woman facing spinsterhood, winning Best Actress accolade at the Hong Kong Film Awards.


Date Time Venue
1/10/2022 (Sat)  7:00pm Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive

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