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Hong Kong New Wave

1981 •

香港

Hong Kong • 97

分鐘

min

粵語，中文字幕

In Cantonese with Chinese subtitles

導演

Director •

方育平

Allen Fong Yuk Ping

父子情　

Father and Son

八十年代，一群電影新人類正準備拍攝屬於自己的作品，而方育平是其

中最不易妥協的一位。沒有太多起伏的情節，忽視商業的元素，於是就

有了《父子情》中的洋行職員羅山木。為了養家，羅山木用盡一切心

力，獅子山下若真有精神，大抵就是他的踏實與堅持。好不容易一家七

口熬過來，兒子卻不願順應自己的期望出國留學，另一邊廂女兒考得好

成績，羅山木卻視而不見，逼她放棄理想。兩代人，各自在自身的局限

裡徘徊。當兒子最終學成歸來，父親竟突然與世長辭，望子成龍何其諷

刺。世代倫理在今天，同樣走不出互不理解的惡性循環，面對這個永恆

難題，且看方育平給予我們甚麼啟示。

Back in the 1980s, a new breed of filmmakers were raring to create something

entirely their own; among them, Allen Fong was the last person to compromise

his auteurship. The result of minimal plot twist and commercial appeal is this

heartfelt portrayal of Law, a foreign company worker who truly lives up to the

Lion Rock spirit in feeding a family of seven. As fate would have it, Law is let down

by his only son who refuses to study what he’s expected to; the conventional

Chinese father also lets down her bright daughter who aspires to go to college.

Both generations struggle inevitably to come to terms with their own constraints.

As it happens, right before the son comes back from overseas with his university

certificate, the expectant father dies a sudden death. Today in Hong Kong, the

vicious cycle still continues as different generations can hardly understand each

other. Let’s see if Allen Fong has any pointers on how to go about this perennial

problem.

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Date

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9 / 3 / 2017

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Time ¦

5:45pm

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Venue ¦

崇基學院信和樓

2

號演講廳

Sino Building LT2, Chung Chi College

1981 •

香港

Hong Kong • 120

分鐘

min

粵語，中文字幕

In Cantonese with Chinese subtitles

導演

Director •

單慧珠

Rachel Shin

忌廉溝鮮奶

Cream Soda and Milk

忌廉溝鮮奶，既是香港的特色飲品，亦是一個失聯多年的家庭之間的共

同回憶。四人家庭父母離異，女兒跟母親，兒子跟父親，自此再無聯

絡。多年後，學成歸來的女兒渴望找回父親與弟弟，卻陷入不願相認的

局面。拒絕的背後，隱藏着父親狼狽的生活困窘，以及兒子所面對的青

年問題。時代從不體恤眾生，社會亦不會為你改變，能轉變的只有自己

而已。母親多年後再度接觸兒子的人生，發現他和女朋友所面對的艱辛

卻無能為力，直至兒子錯手殺人，兩老才知道追悔無用。忌廉溝鮮奶獨

特的滋味，或許也是這個家庭的寫照。

“Cream soda and milk” is a drink that’s uniquely Hong Kong. It is as well the

common memory shared by a broken family of four. Ever since divorce, the

mother and daughter have ceased contact with the father and son. Years later,

the daughter returns from her studies overseas hoping to be reunited with her

estranged father and brother, but to no avail. Behind the rejection are the father’s

straitened circumstances and the son’s issues as an adolescent. Time has no

sympathy for the living beings. You can’t expect the outer environment to change

for you, but you can always change yourself from within. After years of separation,

the mother has no idea how to ease her son and his girlfriend’s plight; it’s only

after the son kills someone by mistake that the parents begin to regret. The special

flavour of “cream soda and milk” perhaps best encapsulates this family in distress.

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