Fangshu

Johnnie To

IndieLisboa 2007 •

Hong Kong, Fiction, 2006, 100′

Johnnie To returns to the characters of his international success The Mission with this action-packed thriller. It’s 1998, and the Portuguese colony of Macau, a city along the Southern coast of China, is about to be handed over to Chinese authorities under a long-standing agreement. As the people of Macau ponder how their new leaders will deal with the criminal underground that’s long been part of the city’s support system, a pair of hit men from Hong Kong arrive in town to execute a gangster who has turned his back on the syndicate to make a new life for his wife and children‚Ķ