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Weeds on Fire (2016)
Directed by Steve Chan Chi Fat
Drama, History · 1h 35m
Inspired by the true story of Hong Kong’s first teenage baseball team. In the 1980s, two childhood friends join the Shatin Martins, a Band 3 school baseball team managed by the school principal. From these humble beginnings, the boys experience camaraderie, fall in love and make fateful decisions that resonate throughout their lives amid a changing Hong Kong and its sporting world.
Cast
Liu Kai-Chi
Principal Lo Kwong Fai
Sham Ka-ki
Chan Keung
Lam Yiu-sing
Tse Chi-Lung
Tony Wu Tsz-tung
Fan Chun-Wai
Poon Chan-Leung
Mr Tsang
S
Suen Lik-Man
Lung's father
Hedwig Tam
Tsz Ching
M
Maria Wong Si-Man
Lung's dream lover
Jan Lamb
Narrator (voice)
Will Or Wai-Lam
Dung
H
Himmy Wong
Li Wang
Shui Jie
Lung's mother
Crew
- Director
- Steve Chan Chi Fat
- Writer
- Wong Chi-Yeung, Steve Chan Chi Fat, Hui Chi Sang
- Director of Photography
- O Sing-Pui
- Editor
- Casper Leung, Steve Chan Chi Fat
- Producer
- Chan Hing-kai, O Sing-Pui
Details
- Original title
- 點五步
- Release date
- 2016-04-23
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Original language
- CN
- Spoken languages
- English, Cantonese
- Countries
- Hong Kong
- Production
- Golden Scene, Film Development Fund of Hong Kong, Flash Glory, MM2 Studios Hong Kong