Youth, love, mafia and the world ahead. If there is one thing that characterises Hong Kong New Wave filmmakers, it is their streetwise, existential vision about relationships that come and go, impossible loves and plots that intertwine with the world of crime amidst rain and neon lights. Patrick Tar Kar-Ming released in 1982 one of the films that best evokes the visual and narrative splendour of this generation, focusing on the repressed sexual awakening, and love affairs of four young Hong Kongers. Starring Leslie Cheung, one of the most recognisable faces of Wong Kar- Wai's cinema, today Nomad is presented with a new montage revised by Patrick Tam himself, featuring scenes that were removed at the time due to the heavy censorship that mainly targeted the explicit sexual content.
Patrick Tam
Born in 1948 in Hong Kong. His directorial debut feature, ‘The Sword’ (1980) established him as a key figure of the emerging Hong Kong New Wave. Like many other figures from the movement, he began his career at Television Broadcast Limited, where he could experiment freely with TV dramas. Tam often questions dominant social norms and is interested in how Hongkongers experience the clash of Communist and Western cultures. He is considered the mentor of Wong Kar-wai and edited two of his films (‘Days of Being Wild’, 1990, and ‘Ashes of Time’, 1994, that won him an award at Golden Horse Film Festival). In 1987 he directed ‘Final Victory’ with a script by Kar-wai, and in 2006 his film ‘After This Our Exile’ (2006) swept the Hong Kong Film Awards with five wins.
Screenings
O.V. in Cantonese, Japanese subtitled in English and Spanish
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