Hand Rolled Cigarette

Hand Rolled Cigarette is a 2020 Hong Kong crime drama film written and directed by Chan Kin-long in his directorial debut, and starring Gordon Lam as a retired colonial-era soldier who takes in a troubled South Asian youth (Binpin Karma). The film opened the 17th Hong Kong Asian Film Festival on 3 November 2020,[1] and also closed the 57th Golden Horse Film Festival on 19 and 20 November 2020, where it was nominated for seven awards including Best Feature Film.[2][3]

Hand Rolled Cigarette
Teaser film poster
Traditional手捲煙
Simplified手卷烟
MandarinShǒu Juàn Yān
CantoneseSau2 Gyun2 Jin1
Directed byChan Kin-long
Produced byLawrence Ah Mon
Written byRyan Ling
Chan Kin-long
StarringGordon Lam
Music byMike Orange
CinematographyRick Lau
Edited byWilliam Chang
Alan Lo
Production
company
Hand-Roll Cigarette Film Production
Distributed byEdko Films
Release date
  • 3 November 2020 (2020-11-03) (HKAFF)
  • 19 November 2020 (2020-11-19) (GHFF)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese

Plot

Retired soldier Kwan Chiu (Gordon Lam) who served in the British colonial army has joined the triads to make a living, but he has been suffering financially in recent years. One day, Kwan meets a young South Asian thief, Manny (Binpin Karma) in Chungking Mansions, who offers Kwan HK$1 million to take him for five days in for five days in which Kwan agrees. The two men bond and re-discover themselves when they realize they are both remnants of a colonized colonial past. On the other hand, Kwan has earlier had set up a smuggle trade between triad leader Big Mouth Tai (Ben Yuen) and Taiwanese triad leader Tsai-pu (To Yin-gor), but the goods Tai received end up being different from what he was shown and demands Kwan to return a sum HK$1.5 million deposit. Manny gives Kwan a bag of stolen drugs for him to pay the debt. Just as the problem seems to have resolved, Manny was abducted by Tai's underlings and Kwan must decide whether to flee for his own safety or risk his life to save his newfound friend. Kwan takes a smoke of a hand rolled cigarette before making his final decision.

Cast
  • Gordon Lam as Kwan Chiu (關超)
  • Binpin Karma as Manny (文尼)
  • Michael Ning
  • Ben Yuen as Big Mouth Tai (大口泰)
  • Tai Bo
  • Chin Siu-ho
  • Tony Ho
  • Chu Pak-hong
  • Aaron Chow
  • To Yin-gor as Tsai-pu (菜甫)
  • Shui Jie

Production

Supported by the Hong Kong First Feature Film Initiative (FFFI),[4] Hand Rolled Cigarette began production in March 2020 in Hong Kong and was the only film in production when the film industry was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] As a result, Lam did not receive any salary for acting in the film to support the local film industry.[1] The film held its blessing ceremony on attended by the cast on 20 June 2020 at the Kuichong Subdistrict in Shenzhen.[6] Production for Hand Rolled Cigarette officially wrapped up on 12 August 2020 .[7]

Release

Hand Rolled Cigarette made its world premiere as the opening film of the 17th Hong Kong Asian Film Festival on 3 November 2020.[1] The film also closed the 57th Golden Horse Film Festival on 19 November 2020 and competed in its award ceremony.[2]

Awards and nominations
Ceremony Category Recipient Results
57th Golden Horse Awards[8] Best Film Hand Rolled Cigarette Nominated
Best Actor Gordon Lam Nominated
Best New Director Chan Kin-long Nominated
Best Art Direction Cheung Siu-hong, Yiu Hon-man Nominated
Best Makeup & Costume Design Cheung Siu-hong, Chan Chi-ching Nominated
Best Action Choreography Johnny Tang Nominated
Best Film Editing William Chang, Alan Lo Nominated

References
  1. "林家棟爭金馬影帝 《手捲煙》成香港亞洲電影節開幕電影".
  2. "Golden Horse Awards 2020 nominations: film by debutant director from Hong Kong among leading contenders, as China boycott continues".
  3. "台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival - Hand Rolled Cigarette".
  4. "Edko Films picks up international rights to Hong Kong trio (exclusive)".
  5. "Gordon Lam continues filming movie despite COVID-19".
  6. "獲獎電影項目《手捲煙》開機 林家棟錢小豪再合作".
  7. "FFFI 首部劇情電影計劃 【手捲煙煞科－監製有話兒】".
  8. "【2020金馬】第57屆金馬獎入圍名單".
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