A Home with a View
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{{Infobox film
| name = A Home with a View
| image = AHomewithaView.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Film poster
| native_name = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes
| t = 家和萬事驚
| s = 家和万事惊
| p = Jiā Hé Wàn Shì Jīng
| j = Gaa1 Wo4 Maan6 Si6 Ging1}}
| director = Herman Yau
| producer = Cheung Tat-ming
Stanley Tong
| writer =
| screenplay = Cheung Tat-ming
| story =
| based_on = {{Based on|Family Surprise|Cheung Tat-ming}}
| starring = Francis Ng
Louis Koo
Anita Yuen
Cheung Tat-ming
Lam Suet
| narrator =
| music = Mak Chun Hung
| cinematography = Joe Chan
Mandy Ngai
| editing = Azrael Chung
| studio = Er Dong Pictures
Sun Entertainment Culture
Fei Fan Entertainment Production
Sil-Metropole Organisation
Er Dong Pictures (Hong Kong) Company
| distributor = Bravos Pictures
| released = {{Film date|2019|01|24|df=yes}}
| runtime = 92 minutes
| country = Hong Kong
| language = Cantonese
| budget =
| gross =
}}
A Home with a View is a 2019 Hong Kong black comedy film directed by Herman Yau and starring Francis Ng, Louis Koo, Anita Yuen and Cheung Tat-ming, who also co-produced and wrote the screenplay. The film is an adaptation the play, Family Surprise, which was also written by Cheung.{{cite web|url=https://hk.entertainment.appledaily.com/entertainment/daily/article/20171212/20241623|title=靚靚新片再拍鎮宇舐舐脷 古仔演技 嚇窒張達明|access-date=14 April 2018|archive-date=29 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329133625/https://hk.entertainment.appledaily.com/entertainment/daily/article/20171212/20241623|url-status=dead}}
Plot
In order to preserve the value of his assets, Lo Wai-man (Francis Ng) spent all of his savings and his father's retirements pensions to purchase an old-age flat in the middle of a noisy neighborhood, cohabiting with his neurotic wife, Suk-yin (Anita Yuen), unemployed son, Bun-hong (Ng Siu-hin), daughter, Yu-sze(Jocelyn Choi) who is going through puberty and his elderly, disabled father (Cheung Tat-ming). With tight living quarters, noisy neighbors, and less than desirable living standards, the Lo family often find themselves at each other's necks over the smallest of inconveniences. Luckily, through a window in the living room lies a distant view of the beautiful ocean which prevents the household from going insane. However, one day, the ocean view disappears after a billboard is illegally built on a neighboring building. With their only sense of relief in the crowded city gone, the Lo family begin to quarrel nonstop. In order to regain the peace within the household, the Lo family does everything in their power to remove the billboard and its owner, Wong Siu-choi (Louis Koo).
Cast
=Main cast=
- Francis Ng as Lo Wai-man
- Louis Koo as Wong Siu-choi
- Anita Yuen as Suk-yin
- Cheung Tat-ming as Grandpa
- Lam Suet as Butcher
=Special appearance=
- Anthony Wong as Cheung
- Bowie Wu as Superintendent
- Lo Hoi-pang as Chan Tai-hung
- Law Kar-ying as Landlord
- Lawrence Cheng as District council representative
- Sam Lee as Environment protection officer
=Other cast=
- Elena Kong as Betrayed wife
- Evergreen Mak as Taxi driver
- Kingdom Yuen as Guidance counselor
- Lam Chi-chung as Mr. Lee
- Anna Ng as Woman arguing in bus
- Wilfred Lau as Man walking with dog
- 6-Wing as Mortgage company staff
- C Kwan as Mortgage company staff
- Joyce Cheng as CID officer
- Mak Ling-ling as House department officer
- Harriet Yeung as Real estate agent
- Tyson Chak as Advertising company staff
- Ng Siu Hin as Lo Bun-hong
- Jocelyn Choi as Lo Yu-sze
- Siupo Chan as Woman fighting for fish
- J. Arie as Nurse in mental hospital
- Anderson Junior as Commerce, Industry & Tourism branch officer
- Angelina Lo
- Yu Chi-ming as Fish stall hawker
- Strawberry Yeung as Real estate agent
- Ricky Wong as Male property viewer
- Celine Ma as Female property viewer
- Gill Mohindepaul Singh as Indian
- Bonnie Wong as Chan Tai-hung's wife
- Gladys Liu as Tenant
- Mandy Yiu as Female tenant
- Dickson Yuen
- Kong Ling-ling as Mrs. Chiu
- Renci Yeung as Property viewer
- Kitty Yuen as Wong Siu-choi's nurse
Production
Filming for A Home with a View began on 11 December 2017 in Kwun Tong, where a blessing ceremony was held and was attended by director Herman Yau and cast members Francis Ng, Louis Koo, Anita Yuen, Cheung Tat-ming, Lawrence Cheng, Elena Kong and Evergreen Mak. The film is an adaptation of the play, Family Surprise, written by Cheung, who also serves as the film's producer and screenwriter while also donning elderly makeup to portray the role of Ng's father. Cheung revealed that he originally had no interest in playing the role and it was originally a female character in the play, but was persuaded by Ng to do so.{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-sg/entertainment/entertainment-asianbuzz/six-months-for-louis-koos-eyes-to-heal/ss-BBGD7ld|title=Six months for Louis Koo's eyes to heal|website=MSN }}{{cite web|url=https://entertainment.toggle.sg/en/entertainment/asianbuzz/photos/francis-ng-my-son-definitely-eats-too-much-9491928#slideshow-1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414172752/https://entertainment.toggle.sg/en/entertainment/asianbuzz/photos/francis-ng-my-son-definitely-eats-too-much-9491928#slideshow-1|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 April 2018|title=Francis Ng: My son definitely eats too much!}}{{cite web|url=https://ol.mingpao.com/php/showbiz3.php?nodeid=1512985038487&subcate=latest&issue=20171211|title=收正價撐老友張達明新片 吳鎮宇：肯畀期已偷笑 (18:01)}} Production for the film wrapped up in February 2018.{{cite web|url=http://nextplus.nextmedia.com/news/latest/20180401/578747|title=【活得更好】幕前幕後撈得掂 張達明食得又飲得好精神}}
Release
On 19 March 2018, the film promoted at the 2018 Hong Kong Filmart, where its first poster and trailer was unveiled.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/asia/filmart-chinese-film-investor-er-dong-seeks-ipo-1202729908/|title=FilMart: Chinese Film Investor Er Dong Seeks IPO|first=Vivienne|last=Chow|newspaper=Variety|date=19 March 2018|accessdate=25 October 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.etnet.com.hk/mobile/tc/lifestyle/article.php?id=52640&catalias=entertainment&secalias=newsandentertainment|title=阿佘袁詠儀同場 Chilam夾在中間「企硬」}} There, it was also announced the film is slated to be released in the summer of 2018.{{cite web|url=https://hk.entertainment.appledaily.com/enews/realtime/article/20180319/57967848|title=【有乜好尷尬】 Chilam 硬晒軚 關靚靚定阿佘事？|access-date=14 April 2018|archive-date=29 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329133623/https://hk.entertainment.appledaily.com/enews/realtime/article/20180319/57967848|url-status=dead}}
But it was then delayed and subsequently released in Hong Kong on 24 January 2019.{{Citation|last=HK Screen Media|title=家和萬事驚 香港版正式預告吳鎮宇VO版 A home with a view trailer|date=2019-01-15|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYD1fQHc_oQ|access-date=2019-05-15}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/hongkong/?yr=2019&wk=4&p=.htm|title=Hong Kong Box Office, January 21–27, 2019|website=www.boxofficemojo.com|access-date=2019-05-15}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|8443432}}
{{Herman Yau}}
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Category:2019 black comedy films
Category:Hong Kong black comedy films
Category:2010s Cantonese-language films
Category:Films directed by Herman Yau
Category:Hong Kong films based on plays
Category:Films set in Hong Kong