Summer and Spring

Summer and Spring

Dir: Wong Yiu
Scr: Wong Pak-shek (aka Ho Pik-kin)
Pro Co: Chi Leun
Cast: Lui Kay, Connie Chan Po-chu, Cheung Yee, Cheng Kwan-min, Yip Ching
1967 | Colour | Digital File | Cantonese | 95min

In the mid to late 1960s, Cantonese coming-of-age musicals stirred up a new wave of sensation as popular teen idols like Connie Chan Po-chu, Josephine Siao Fong-fong and Nancy Sit Kar-yin picked up the torch from 'Jade Girl' Patricia Lam Fung and became new generation silver screen sweethearts who can act, sing and dance. While Mandarin musical films were also prevalent, Summer and Spring won over movie-goers with its more approachable and relatable Cantonese songs. Connie Chan Po-chu and Lui Kay, who played a pair of sweet lovebirds, were also the most beloved silver screen duo of the time. In the film, the onscreen couple captivated audiences with many exotic singing and dancing performances. The dreamy and romantic scene where they sang a Cantonese version of Edith Piaf's 'La Vie En Rose' and danced against the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower is no doubt a mesmerising and memorable sequence.


Date Time Venue
7/4/2023 (Fri) [Full House] 11:00am Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive
19/5/2023 (Fri) [Additional Screening] [Full House] 11:00am Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive
26/5/2023 (Fri) [Additional Screening] [Full House] 11:00am Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive

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