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Bends (Chinese: 過界) is a 2013 Hong Kong drama film directed by Flora Lau. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Bends 過界
Film poster
Directed by	Flora Lau
Written by	Flora Lau
Produced by	Nansun Shi Winnie Yu Tsang Melissa Lee Ken Hui
Starring	Carina Lau Chen Kun
Cinematography	Christopher Doyle
Edited by	Lau, Alexis Dos Santos Aq Lee
Music by	Patrick Jonsson
Distributed by	Tomson International Entertainment Distribution Limited
Release dates	18 May 2013 (2013-05-18) (Cannes) 21 November 2013 (2013-11-21) (Hong Kong)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Languages	Cantonese Mandarin

Cast

• Carina Lau
• Chen Kun
• Tian Yuan
• Lawrence Cheng
• Stephanie Che
• Elena Kong
• Tony Ho[2][3]

Plot

Anna (Carina Lau), a wealthy Hong Kong housewife, suddenly finds herself deep in financial trouble as her only source of income, her husband, disappears. Her driver, Fai (Chen Kun), who lives in Shenzhen with his wife, are expecting the couple's second child. But under China's One Child Policy, they need to find the money to pay the penalty or the couple must find a way for Fai's wife to give birth in Hong Kong.

Critical reception

Maggie Lee of Variety wrote, "Flora Lau's debut is beautifully assembled by a top-pedigree production crew, but it remains a modest accomplishment in scope and impact."[4]

Andrea Lo of HK Magazine gave the film 4 stars out of 5. She wrote, "The film is topical and emotionally fraught for all of us in Hong Kong, posing questions of wealth and status between our city and the mainland: questions that are on all our minds."[5]

Awards

Chen Kun won the Best Actor Award at the 2013 International du Film de Femmes de Sale in Morocco.[6] Carina Lau won the Best Actress Award at the 2014 Osaka Asian Film Festival.[7]

References

External links

• Bends at IMDb
• Bends at Rotten Tomatoes

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