Movie Description

五月的第一天

(2017)

Overview

Mrs. Ho, a senile and distraught widow, lives by herself in a walk-up building. For more than half a century, Mrs. Ho has been living in her flat since she was married. But, after an accident, her legs went lame. Her son keeps persuading her to sell the flat and move into a building with lifts. She refuses and she wants to hold onto the flat, her only contact with her dead husband, where they used to do tap-dance together. Of course, they weren’t Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers but, the film makes touchingly clear, we need to listen to rhythm of their dance. More importantly, Mrs. Ho’s perseverance and strength recall the portrayal of another old woman – Ella Garth (Jo Van Fleet) in Elia Kazan’s masterpiece Wild River (1960).

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Original Title五月的第一天

Status Released

Release Information

  • 2017-03-18

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 00h 21m

Homepagehttps://www.freshwave.hk/?a=doc&id=1292

Production CompaniesFresh Wave,Hong Kong Arts Development Council

Genres

  • Drama