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I Can't Live Without A Dream
I Can't Live Without A Dream
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  2. I Can't Live Without A Dream

I Can't Live Without A Dream

2013
30m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

2013

Runtime

30m

Storyline

Pak-kiu works as a gaffer while waiting for his first break in front of the camera. An inviting target of ridicule, he remains unwavering that he will rise above the sordid realities of the glamorous world of film-making with his determination to be a proper actor rather than a star. So when he is offered a bit part as a cancer patient in a new film, he jumps at the chance to practise method acting, literally getting into his character and inhabiting him through claiming membership of a support group, which reunites him with an old classmate. However, the reunion, shrouded in a façade of altruistic motive, leaves him ill-prepared for a role in real life that is not so easily dismissed as a character in the script...

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
30m
Dec 18, 2013
Languages
Cantonese
Director
Chan Kin-Long
Chan Kin-Long
Jolyon Cheung
Production
Fresh Wave
Fresh Wave
Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Production Countries
Hong Kong
Official Website

Top Cast

16 Cast Members

Chan Kin-Long

Chan Kin-Long

Chan Pak Kiu

Ranya Lee

Ranya Lee

Lee Sum Yuet

Lee Sheung-Ching

Lee Sheung-Ching

Paul

Buber Mak

Buber Mak

Ka Wing

Franco Chan

Second Assistant Director

Jan Curious

Casting Director

Nikki Lau Siu-Shu

Assistant director

Leslie Ho

Gaffer

Ng Ka-Chuen

Best Boy

Cheung Wing-sum

Make-Up Artist

Howell Tsang Ho Yeung

Ho Yeung

Ernest Hui Hei Yu

Assistant Camera

Wong Wai Tung

Assistant Camera

Jolyon Cheung

Doctor

Sean Lau Ching-wan

Sean Lau Ching-wan

Poon Ka Fai (Voice)

Gary Ma Ka-Lei

Poon Ka Fai (Double)

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